…and listening to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I kept sending you, even though you do not listen to them,…Perezvon, our Maremma Sheepdog, is an independent thinker, as he was bred to be able to problem-solve on his own, rather than being trained to behave a certain way. Despite “sheep” being in their name, they are now known to guard all sorts of animals, including llamas, geese, and even penguins. He reminds me of me in that once his mind is made up to do something, there is no listening to anyone. We both need to do some repentance in that regard!
R. (14c) Lord, in your great love, answer me. For it is on your account that Saint Pope Paul VI bore insult when he referred to the ecological concern as “a tragic consequence” of unchecked human activity: “Due to an ill-considered exploitation of nature, humanity runs the risk of destroying it and becoming in turn a victim of this degradation”; that disgrace covered Saint Pope John Paul II’s face when he warned that human beings frequently seem “to see no other meaning in their natural environment than what serves for immediate use and consumption”. Benedict XVI became an outcast to his kindred, a stranger to his mother’s children when he proposed “eliminating the structural causes of the dysfunctions of the world economy and correcting models of growth which have proved incapable of ensuring respect for the environment”. Because zeal for your house consumed Pope Francis, he was scorned by those who scorn you when he wrote, Laudato si, On Care for Our Common Home.
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me in caring for our common home will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
“Do you believe this?”
Jn 11:26
He (Pope Saint John XXIII) addressed his message Pacem in Terris to the entire “Catholic world” and indeed “to all men and women of good will”. Now, faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet.
from paragraph 3 of Laudato Si