01/09/2024
Pope Francis has designated September 1 as the , urging the global Catholic community to pray for our shared home. This day is inspired by his influential encyclical, "Laudato Si’", which appeals to "every person living on this planet" to care for our common home.
The theme "Hope and Act with Creation" drew its inspiration from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans (Rom 8:19-25). In his message, Pope Francis encourages "to live an incarnational faith, one that can enter into the suffering and hope-filled "flesh" of others; to join forces to help to rethink, "among other things, the question of human power, its meaning, and its limits; to extend harmony among humanity and to creation in the sense of responsibility for a humane and integral ecology, the path of salvation of our common home".
With the assistance of the Holy Spirit, seek to live "a life that becomes a song of love for God, for humanity, with and for creation, and that finds its fullness in holiness."
Read the complete text of the Pope's message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/cura-creato/documents/20240627-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html