{"id":20698,"date":"2025-08-01T00:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelites.net\/?p=20698"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:07:25","slug":"newsletter-for-august-2025-no-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmelites.net\/es\/laudato-si\/newsletter-for-august-2025-no-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolet\u00edn de agosto de 2025, n\u00ba 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Laudato Si\u2019 Action Plan Newsletter for August 2025, No. 9<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Welcome to the ninth edition of the Laudato Si’ Action Plan Newsletter of the Carmelite PCM Province. This electronic newsletter is intended to inform the members and partners of this province on our collective commitment to living the values of Laudato Si’ \u2013hearing and responding to the cries of the earth and the cries of the poor.<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If your Carmelite community or ministry has not yet contributed to the Province\u2019s Action Plan, you are encouraged to do so.\u00a0 A revised version of the plan will be created and circulated for this year\u2019s Season of Creation, which begins on September 1.\u00a0 You may send your community\u2019s or ministry\u2019s action plan (or an updated existing plan) to Dennis Kalob at lscoordinator@carmelites.net<\/a>.\u00a0 Please direct any questions to Dennis at that email address.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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To view the Province\u2019s Laudato Si\u2019 Action Plan and previous editions of this electronic newsletter, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>

Thank you all most sincerely for your commitment to living the values and vision of Laudato Si\u2019!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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We invite each of you to recognize and celebrate this year\u2019s Season of Creation: September 1 \u2013 October 4<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS
POPE LEO XIV
<\/strong>FOR THE 10th<\/sup>\u00a0WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
FOR THE CARE OF CREATION 2025<\/strong><\/p>

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Seeds of Peace and Hope<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

Dear Brothers and Sisters<\/em>!<\/p>

The theme of this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, chosen by our beloved\u00a0Pope Francis<\/a>, is \u201cSeeds of Peace and Hope\u201d. On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of this Day of Prayer, which coincided with the publication of the Encyclical\u00a0Laudato Si\u2019<\/a><\/em>, we find ourselves celebrating the present Jubilee as\u00a0\u201cPilgrims of Hope<\/em>.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0This year\u2019s theme thus appears most timely.\u00a0<\/p>

In proclaiming the Kingdom of God, Jesus often used the image of the seed. As the time of his Passion drew near, he applied that image to himself, comparing himself to the grain of wheat that must die in order to bear fruit (cf.\u00a0Jn<\/em>\u00a012:24). Seeds are buried in the earth, and there, to our wonder, life springs up, even in the most unexpected places, pointing to the promise of new beginnings. We can think, for example, of flowers springing up on our roadsides from seeds that landed up there almost by chance. As those flowers grow, they brighten the gray tarmac and even manage to break through its hard surface.<\/p>

In Christ, we too are seeds, and indeed, \u201cseeds of peace and hope.\u201d The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Spirit of God can make an arid and parched desert into a garden, a place of rest and serenity. In his words, \u201ca spirit from on high will be poured out on us, and the wilderness will become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. The work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places\u201d (Is<\/em>\u00a032:15-18).<\/p>

These words of the prophet will accompany the \u201cSeason of Creation,\u201d an ecumenical initiative to be celebrated from 1 September to 4 October 2025. They remind us that, together with prayer, determination and concrete actions are necessary if this \u201ccaress of God\u201d is to become visible to our world (cf.\u00a0Laudato Si\u2019<\/a><\/em>, 84). The prophet contrasts justice and law with the desolation of the desert. His message is extraordinarily timely, given the evidence in various parts of the world that our earth is being ravaged. On all sides, injustice, violations of international law and the rights of peoples, grave inequalities and the greed that fuels them are spawning deforestation, pollution and the loss of biodiversity. Extreme natural phenomena caused by climate changes provoked by human activity are growing in intensity and frequency (cf.\u00a0Laudato Deum<\/a><\/em>, 5), to say nothing of the medium and long-term effects of the human and ecological devastation being wrought by armed conflicts.<\/p>

As yet, we seem incapable of recognizing that the destruction of nature does not affect everyone in the same way. When justice and peace are trampled underfoot, those who are most hurt are the poor, the marginalized and the excluded. The suffering of indigenous communities is emblematic in this regard.<\/p>

That is not all. Nature itself is reduced at times to a bargaining chip, a commodity to be bartered for economic or political gain. As a result, God\u2019s creation turns into a battleground for the control of vital resources. We see this in agricultural areas and forests peppered with landmines, \u201cscorched earth\u201d policies,\u00a0[1]<\/a>\u00a0conflicts over water sources, and the unequal distribution of raw materials, which penalizes the poorer nations and undermines social stability itself.<\/p>

These various wounds are the effect of sin. This is surely not what God had in mind when he entrusted the earth to the men and women whom he created in his image (cf.\u00a0Gen<\/em>\u00a01:24-29). The Bible provides no justification for us to exercise \u201ctyranny over creation\u201d (Laudato Si\u2019<\/a><\/em>, 200). On the contrary, \u201cthe biblical texts are to be read in their context, with an appropriate hermeneutic, recognizing that they tell us to \u2018till and keep\u2019 the garden of the world [cf.\u00a0Gen<\/em>\u00a02:15]. \u2018Tilling\u2019 refers to cultivating, ploughing or working, while \u2018keeping\u2019 means caring, protecting, overseeing and preserving. This implies a relationship of mutual responsibility between human beings and nature\u201d (ibid.<\/a>, 67).<\/p>

Environmental justice \u2013 implicitly proclaimed by the prophets \u2013 can no longer be regarded as an abstract concept or a distant goal. It is an urgent need that involves much more than simply protecting the environment. For it is a matter of justice \u2013 social, economic and human. For believers it is also a duty born of faith, since the universe reflects the face of Jesus Christ, in whom all things were created and redeemed. In a world where the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters are the first to suffer the devastating effects of climate change, deforestation and pollution, care for creation becomes an expression of our faith and humanity.<\/p>

Now is the time to follow words with deeds. \u201cLiving our vocation to be protectors of God\u2019s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience\u201d (Laudato Si\u2019,<\/a><\/em>\u00a0217). By working with love and perseverance, we can sow many seeds of justice and thus contribute to the growth of peace and the renewal of hope. It may well take years for this plant to bear its first fruits, years that, for their part, involve an entire ecosystem made up of continuity, fidelity, cooperation and love, especially if that love mirrors the Lord\u2019s own self-sacrificing Love.<\/p>

Among the Church\u2019s initiatives that are like seeds sown in this field, I would mention the\u00a0Borgo Laudato Si\u2019<\/em>\u00a0project that Pope Francis bequeathed to us at Castel Gandolfo. It is a seed that promises to bear fruits of justice and peace, and an educational project in integral ecology that can serve as an example of how people can live, work and build community by applying the principles of\u00a0the Encyclical\u00a0Laudato Si\u2019<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>

I pray that Almighty God will send us in abundance his \u201cSpirit from on high\u201d (Is<\/em>\u00a032:15), so that these seeds, and others like them, may bring forth an abundant harvest of peace and hope.<\/p>

The Encyclical\u00a0Laudato Si\u2019<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has now guided the Catholic Church and many people of good will for ten years. May it continue to inspire us and may integral ecology be increasingly accepted as the right path to follow. In this way, seeds of hope will multiply, to be \u201ctilled and kept\u201d by the grace of our great and unfailing Hope, who is the risen Christ. In his name, I offer all of you my blessing.<\/p>

From the Vatican, 30 June 2025<\/em><\/p>

Memorial of the First Martyrs of Holy Roman Church<\/em><\/p>

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The Season of Creation 2025<\/strong> invites us to come together as a global Christian family\u2026From September 1 (the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) to October 4 (the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi), we will pray and act for our common home…<\/p>

We repent of our wrongful thinking and commit to building peace by restoring our relationships with the Creator, creation, and each other.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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To see the video invitation from faith leaders, <\/strong>download the 2025 Season of Creation Guide, or<\/strong>\u00a0receive further information\u2026 <\/strong>Click <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I ask you, in the name of God, to defend Mother Earth.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/h5>
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