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'Ukraine Crucifixion': At Christmas, war-torn Ukraine confident in its resurrection
… underway at the Vatican. "I wonder if we in Zaporizhzhia will also be able to have a tree in the square?" he recalled thinking. He concluded that was unlikely, but said it doesn't …
Documentary's personal stories highlight urgent message of Laudato Si'
… protection of the Brazilian Amazon, Borarí says men pointed guns at his head and tied him to a tree. He dates his concern for deforestation to 2002 when "the peace and quiet ended when logging …
Continuity and surprise
… judgment set the stage for a particular kind of Messiah, one wielding an ax to the root of the tree, one striding onto the threshing floor with the winnowing fan to separate the wheat from the …
This Advent, churches urged to assess worship for inadvertent antisemitism
… over the second verse: “Those who set at nought and sold him / Pierced and nailed him to the tree / Deeply wailing / Deeply wailing/ Deeply wailing/ Shall the true Messiah see.” “Charles …
Through ceremony, the Christmas tree renews us and magnifies life
… Damian Costello … We might not think about buying a Christmas tree and decorating it as a ceremony. But the actions we ritually perform to carry out this … us. Unwritten yet "sacred" rules guide the process. Twenty-five to 30 million live Christmas trees are purchased in the United States each year. Add to that countless artificial trees set up …
Religion has more than a moral role to play in protecting creation, faith groups say at COP15
… Christians in Birmingham, England, have created nature maps that emphasize the abundance of trees and green space over roads and buildings in neighborhoods while highlighting faith … in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund and Trillion Trees, published the first-ever tree growing guide for faith groups . Throughout the 13 days of COP15, the multifaith coalition …
The 'Marian principle' and ministry — an Advent reflection
… (If such a thing were possible). I wait, and will not be dismayed. For tiny shoot of Jesse tree took root in me to love transform, give sight, set free. —Christine Schenk, CSJ, 10/17/03 …
What a rancher learns about Advent peace from her land
… a 110-degree day last summer, our air conditioning broke and it was cooler in the shade of our trees than it was in the RV. I work from home, so I had to try to work outside while sweating under the trees until the sun went down. I live in Texas, so there are a lot of different things trying to … trusting that God loves you when an unexpected tornado hits the ground or lightning strikes a tree outside of your tiny metal camper. There has been hard work and tears, but for the first …
Multifaith community mobilizes to preserve creation ahead of COP15 biodiversity summit
… at the convention. "We want to showcase that beyond giving sermons and lectures and planting trees, which is all good, we're also concerned about, and we can also talk about, the actual …
Keep the creche in Christmas, pope urges
… the 18-piece Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square; the donors of the white pine Christmas tree; the residents of a psychiatric rehabilitation center who, along with a group of students … the evening for the official unveiling of the Nativity scene and the lighting of the Christmas tree. But a major rainstorm with a forecast for more caused the Vatican to move the evening … and the tender presence that accompanies us on our journey." The lights on the Christmas tree, he said, are a reminder that Jesus came "to lighten our darkness, our existence often …
Letting go and traveling light
… of the Jordan River was that judgment was coming. An axe was ready to strike the root of every tree that had not borne fruit. A winnowing fan was about to separate the wheat from the chaff on …