PEACE: CARING FOR CREATION
 
Have we severed our relationship with creation? Ask for forgiveness, make reparations, make peace, and the relationship will be repaired.
 
“In our day there is a growing awareness that world peace is threatened … also by a lack of due respect for nature” (Pope St. John Paul II, Message for the 1990 World Day of Peace: Peace with God the Creator, Peace with All of Creation).
 
"Protecting the natural environment in order to build a world of peace is thus a duty incumbent upon each and all. ... May this be clear to world leaders and to those at every level who are concerned for the future of humanity: the protection of creation and peacemaking are profoundly linked! … [T]ake to heart the urgent appeal: If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation" (Pope Benedict XVI, Message for the 2010 World Day of Peace: If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation).
 
"All the peoples of the earth, all men and women of good will, we must raise our voice in defense of these two precious gifts: peace and nature – Sister Mother Earth, as Saint Francis of Assisi called her." Pope Francis
 
The USCCB created resources for April 22, the Fourth Sunday of Easter and Earth Day: Care for God's Creation. Share these with your ministry, your parish and your community.