Among the nations’ idols is there any that gives rain?…this outdoor mister system proves an area of heat relief for the creatures of The Glenn…
R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Deliver us and pardon our sins of consumption which, rather than decreasing, appear to be growing all the more.
The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower;
all who come to him will live for ever; so what happens to those who prefer not to come out of their air-conditioned home?
“…Just as weeds are collected and burned [up] with fire, so will it be at the end of the age…”
MT 13:40
A simple example is the increasing use and power of air-conditioning. The markets, which immediately benefit from sales, stimulate ever greater demand. An outsider looking at our world would be amazed at such behaviour, which at times appears self-destructive.
from paragraph 55 of Laudato Si