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A pastor finds joy through the Lenten practice of birdwatching
… up and down, his eyes bright, his head tilted to the side. We noticed turkey vultures in the tree across the street, two dozen of them sunning their wings in the early morning California … I began to see the incremental shifts of hour and season. The pink blossoms on the nectarine tree budded and then burst open. The crows began dragging sticks out of the neighbor's tree, preparing to build a nest. The angle of the sun slanted upward. The earth warmed. Birds are …
Third Sunday of Lent: Rethink ideas about God
… vision. With that, he launched into a parable about a landowner, a gardener and a barren fig tree. The owner who wanted his land to produce to its full potential told the gardener to destroy the sterile tree. The gardener, who apparently understood the life cycle of figs and the power of dung, asked … and Jesus as the gardener/savior who wants to offer a last-ditch opportunity for the indolent tree. That interpretation, seeing Jesus as God's final offer, fits a theology of a just but …
St. Brigid, Ireland's female patron saint, gets less recognition than St. Patrick
… replaced the food for her family. Later in life, she turned a wooden column into a living tree with one touch and hung her cloak on a sunbeam. After she founded her monastic community at …
CRS Rice Bowl highlights climate adaptation to major cyclones in Bangladesh
… the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh and Caritas Bangladesh have promoted a tree-planting campaign to create a natural buffer from extreme weather and help mitigate rising …
Medical Mission Sisters in India create center for quiet and healing amid the wonder of God's creation
… made a once-barren hill in Pune, India, into a green "lung." With a variety of about 3,000 trees, we have tried to maintain the flora and fauna where all those who come in enjoy the …
Rome's famed pine trees may face extinction. What will the Vatican do to save theirs?
… Christopher White … Rome may be known as the Eternal City, but its famed umbrella pine trees could soon face extinction. Rome has been sacked by the Gauls, the Visigoths and the … told EarthBeat, explaining that the parasite feeds on the sap from young branches of the tree. This then leads to the spread of a black fungus, which makes the pine needles dry up, causing the tree's death within two to three years. Rome without its iconic umbrella pine trees is something …
Can religion and faith combat eco-despair?
… through their philosophies. For these spiritual traditions, religious practice integrates trees, flowers, sacred groves, sanctified terrains, rivers, mountains and elements of the entire …
8 Catholic indie artists you may have never heard of
… posting videos featuring her gorgeous voice, you'll be blessed by her daily snaps of flowers, trees and gorgeous skies that help you to remember to stay present and find God in nature. … he advocates the power of true rest with his new music on this debut record. His song " Giving Tree ," which he released initially as a single, is a nostalgic tune filled with imagery of childhood and love for his family as a blessing. The accompanying music video for "Giving Tree" is equally as beautiful, featuring candid moments with relatives and gorgeous natural …
Longevity of elderly a reminder to take things slow, pope says
… to his or her roots, which are the grandparents, does not receive the strength, like the tree, the strength of the roots, and grows up badly, grows up ailing, grows up without points of …
At Compton's ALMA Backyard Farms, no life or land is wasted
… to St. Albert the Great elementary school , now a green garden blooms alongside large banana trees. The ¾ acre of farmland in Compton, California, belongs to ALMA Backyard Farms , a project …
UN wants faith groups to help work against plastic pollution
… from fossil fuel to challenging massive oil and gas projects, faith-based groups have led in tree planting and promoted better farming methods to conserve the environment. They also are key …