Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
The Genesis story highlights the gifts of God’s Creation on which we humans depend. The days of the Creation story are wonderful in that the various entities of Creation are highlighted and appreciated; They are named and we are invited to give thanks for them. That the story of Creation is told with these details - rather than a simple summary sentence of “God created our world as we know it today” invites us to pay attention to each and every part of our world - creatures of the air, land and water; the landforms and the plants. We depend upon them all.
These chilly days of winter-end are a good time to ponder the goodness and gift of each element in creation. Perhaps take each line of the Genesis Scripture and Psalm, and ponder and remember times appreciating this aspect of Creation that has been a gift in your life - from birds to insects to water creatures and all the plants that produce our oxygen and the foods we enjoy. What is your favorite flower, tree, animal, food? Give thanks to God for how wonderful each is in your life.
In Laudato si - we are reminded that we are responsible to Care for this Common Home we share - not to dominate and misuse, but truly to live in the right relationship of encountering the sacred. We who are made in the image of God, are invited to continue God’s Care and to co-Create by our continued.
—Sr. Leanne Jablonski, FMI