Reflection
Into this disruptive and chaotic world Spring is coming. Nature knows it. We may still feel a chill in the air, but the birds know better. Their calls are once again the music of early morning. Every day there seem to be more of them all singing on different notes. Earth is stirring to life after the resting of winter. It is time to listen, to watch and to see. It is time to realize that while we are caught in destructive human conflicts, earth is still renewing herself. Small green noses are poking above the ground and the tips of the tree twigs are tinted. It is still before the equinox, but life can’t wait. We may establish times and rituals, but earth lives by a rhythm of its own.
Prayer
All creation praises God.
Psalm 148
Action
Be attentive to the awakening of Springtime. Enjoy the beauty of our planet and be aware that we are the only creatures who despoil it. Access some of these sites:
Environmental Defense Fund , Earth Justice , Green America . People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Suggested Reading
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows God’s handywork.
Psalm 19:1-6
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.
1 Timothy 4:4
Fall in love with the Earth, this gift of pure abundance that God has freely given us.
Pope Francis
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.
Charles Dickens
Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
Victor Hugo
When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.
John Muir
Every spring is the only spring — a perpetual astonishment.
Ellis Peters
Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from.
Terry Tempest Williams
All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within.
Horace Friess