When I found your words, I devoured them; …it may may look like a dried up field, but it is filled with words of love…
R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
Rescue me from those who sense a profound imbalance which drives them to frenetic activity, O my God;
from those who feel busy, in a constant hurry which in turn leads them to ride rough-shod over everything around them, defend me.
Rescue me from those who cannot cultivate a sober and satisfying life because they are not at peace with him or herself;
from all those whom these things affects how they treat the environment, save me.
I call you my friends, says the Lord,
for I have made known to you all that the Father has told me; but how can we know amid constant noise, interminable and nerve-wracking distractions, or the cult of appearances?
“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
MT 13:40
An integral ecology includes taking time to recover a serene harmony with creation, reflecting on our lifestyle and our ideals, and contemplating the Creator who lives among us and surrounds us, whose presence “must not be contrived but found, uncovered”.
from paragraph 55 of Laudato Si