Season of Creation2021:

Published on October 5, 2021

Restoring our Common Home takes place this year from 1st September to 4th October, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. During this season we are asked to join to celebrate creation and protect our common home through prayer, reflection and action. Resources for the Season of Creation are available on www.catholicbishops.ie You’ll see there that Trocaire has drawn up a list of 100 ways for parishes to implement Laudato Si. The Parish Council will be looking at this list. The UN Climate Conference takes place in Glasgow in November. Catholics are asked to help create the momentum that is needed for real change This Season of Creation all of us are urged to sign the ‘Healthy Planet Healthy People’ petition by going to www.thecatholicpetition.org, adding your name, and encouraging others to do so too. In this way we can take a stand for future generations.

Reflection

Following one’s vocation is a response from within to the needs outside us. A vocation meets the human needs of the world but with a motivation from within. We care for our children and grandchildren not just because they are sick or insecure, but because we love them. this love will move us out to help them in various situations. We find a call to be ‘people for others’ because our heart teaches us that with Jesus we are all brothers and sisters, and that God wants to save the world, and needs our help to do so. This is the Sunday we all pray that our particular vocation in life may become clear and may become stronger. God calls each of us to love God and love our neighbour. This is the first Christian calling at our Baptism; we then find the best way for each of us with our own particular set of gifts, talents and even weaknesses to live out that call to love. We think especially today of religious life and priesthood. There are needs for priests, sisters and brothers in most parts of the world. as a community in families and parishes we thank those who have given their lives in these vocations and pray they may increase.