Laudato si'
Respect for the Earth and also praising and honoring God through our engagement with creation.
Respect for the Earth and also praising and honoring God through our engagement with creation.
The MU community has signed on to the Laudato Si' Action Platform, a global initiative inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical letter On Care of Our Common Home (Laudato Si’) that will guide our journey to ecological renewal by 2030.
An encyclical letter from Pope Francis addressed to “every living person on this planet” (LS 3), published in May 2015. It focuses on care for the natural environment and all people.
The first words of Laudato Si’ are Italian and translate as “praise be to you.” They are part of a quotation from St. Francis of Assisi’s “Canticle of the Creatures” that opens the encyclical in which the saint praises God by meditating on the goodness of sun, wind, Earth, water, and other natural forces.
The choice of this passage to begin Laudato Si’ is a reminder of how people of faith should not only respect Earth but also praise and honor God through their engagement with creation.
In this video, Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM explores the meaning of Integral Ecology, a key component of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform:
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