by Joseph Nangle, OFMPax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace So often overwhelming statistics – perhaps because they are overwhelming – leave us numb, paralyzed or perhaps even indifferent. Their magnitude seems entirely too much for our minds to absorb. Numbers such as the extent of deforestation in Brazil – 3,769 square miles of the Amazon rain … Continue reading Close-to-home events keep us from averting our eyes or turning away
Second Sunday readings of Season of Creation call us to patience, forgiveness
by Joseph Nangle, OFMPax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace It is remarkable that so early in this five-week liturgical season the theme for this Second Sunday is a call to patience, non-judgment and forgiveness. And this in the face of the deliberate, selfish and uncaring exploitation of Mother Earth. The expected attitude would be a … Continue reading Second Sunday readings of Season of Creation call us to patience, forgiveness