Weekly Pause & Ponder
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world."
- Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers
Weekly Pause & Ponder
Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, “It can’t be done.” – Eleanor Roosevelt.
Daily Peace: 365 Days of Renewal – Photos and Wisdom to Nourish Your Spirit.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
Facing ecological ruination, we need a deep conversion, not away from the Earth toward God as the traditional model would have it, but a conversion toward the Earth, in love with a God who loves the Earth. This conversion involves numerous turnings at once… Intellectually… Emotionally… Practically…
- Elizabeth Johnson. Human Development Magazine, Winter 2016, “Ecology: Conversion to the Earth,” p.43.
Weekly Pause & Ponder
We, all of us, are being called to do something unprecedented. We are being called to think about “everything that is,” for we now know that everything is interrelated and that the well-being of each is connected to the well-being of the whole. This suggests a “planetary agenda” for all the religions, all the various fields of expertise. - Sally McFague