1/12/2024 0 Comments Daily bible reading and meditationThe third major social sin of our lives is the scandalous wealth gap. Arming ourselves with enough nuclear weapons to destroy all life on earth multiple times over is the work of the Devil, plain and simple. Droughts, floods, storms, and melting ice caps are altering our world in tragic ways.īut another deadly sin threatens us as well. We enjoy a world of petroleum-based products, from asphalt to plastics to automobiles at our own peril.Ĭonsequently, the predicted environmental doomsday is happening as your read this. We transport ourselves in vehicles that cloud our blue skies as we heat and cool ourselves with similar CO2 poisons. We are destroying God’s amazing gift of creation in the name of immediate convenience and comfort. To keep emitting fossil fuels into the atmosphere results in deadly consequences. These living prophets, like Bill McKibben and Al Gore, cannot be blunter. The message of today’s prophets is clear: we are on a self-destructive path, completely contrary to God’s will. ![]() They are addressed to us, God’s people in the Twenty-First Century. These words are not addressed just to God’s people thousands of years ago. ![]() We have not obeyed your servants the prophets…who spoke to all the people.” The author of the Book of Daniel lays it on thick in today’s first reading: “We have sinned, been wicked and done evil we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws. STUDIES IN PASSIONIST HISTORY AND SPIRITUALITY.A Day in the Life of Senior Passionists.Journey into the Mystery of Christ Crucified.Proclaiming Our Passionist Story (POPS). ![]() Statement on Texas Elementary School Tragedy.Passion of the Earth, Wisdom of the Cross.
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