LAUDATO SI’
By Lia Beltrami and Asaf Ud Daula
A journey that starts from the symbolic charge of the motions of the origins, up to the anthropomorphic representation involving the force of creation in the pure joy of protagonists of the world.
There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself. (LS: 118)
To be serenely present to each reality, however small it may be, opens us to much greater horizons of understanding and personal fulfilment. (LS: 222)
Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. (LS: 42)
If we feel intimately united with all that exists, then sobriety and care will well up spontaneously. (LS: 11)
Nature is filled with words of love, but how can we listen to them amid constant noise, interminable and nerve-wracking distractions, or the cult of appearances? (LS: 164)
The deterioration of nature is closely connected to the culture which shapes human coexistence”. (LS: 6)
An awareness of the gravity of today’s cultural and ecological crisis must be translated into new habits. (LS: 209)
We are always more effective when we generate processes rather than holding on to positions of power. (LS: 178)
The sun and the moon, the cedar and the little flower, the eagle and the sparrow: the spectacle of their countless diversities and inequalities tells us that no creature is self-sufficient. (LS: 86)
A change in lifestyle could bring healthy pressure to bear on those who wield political, economic and social power. (LS: 206)
The misuse of creation begins when we no longer recognize any higher instance than ourselves, when we see nothing else but ourselves”. (LS: 6)
Care for nature is part of a lifestyle which includes the capacity for living together and communion. (LS: 228)
Effects will continue to worsen if we continue with current models of production and consumption. (LS: 26)
An outsider looking at our world would be amazed at such behaviour, which at times appears self-destructive. (LS: 55)
Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs. (LS: 1 - quoting St Francis)
If we acknowledge the value and the fragility of nature... we can finally leave behind the modern myth of unlimited material progress. (LS: 78)
“Creation” has a broader meaning than “nature”, for it has to do with God’s loving plan in which every creature has its own value and significance. (LS: 76)
Here we see how environmental deterioration and human and ethical degradation are closely linked. (LS: 56)
If we feel intimately united with all that exists, then sobriety and care will well up spontaneously. (LS: 11)
I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. (LS: 14)
Good education plants seeds when we are young, and these continue to bear fruit throughout life. (LS: 213)
There is a great variety of small-scale food production systems which feed the greater part of the world’s peoples. (LS: 129)
It is imperative to promote an economy which favours productive diversity and business creativity. (LS: 129)
The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development. (LS: 13)
