Pope Francis and President Obama
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Yesterday morning, Pope Francis gave his opening remarks of his visit at the White House. In those remarks, he pointed out that “climate change no longer be left to future generations … It demands serious and responsible recognition not only of the kind of world we may be leaving to our children, but also to the millions of people living under a system which has overlooked them.” Climate change has a human face!
There is a challenge, yet Pope Francis reminds us we are not abandoned. “The Creator does not abandon us; he never forsakes his loving plan or repents of having created us. Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home” (Laudato Si’, 13).
This morning, I woke and had my prayer and scripture time. One of the scriptures, I prayed was Psalm 89:11 – “Yours are the heavens, yours the earth; you founded the world and everything in it.” We can no longer continue to profane what is God’s!
In paraphrasing Martin Luther King, Pope Francis stated, “We can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.”
Be challenged, be courageous and take action!
In Christ and Peace,
John