“This contemplation of creation allows us to discover in each thing a teaching which God wishes to hand on to us, since “for the believer, to contemplate creation is to hear a message, to listen to a paradoxical and silent voice”.57 ” ( 57 John Paul II, Catechesis (26 January 2000), 5:Insegnamen- ti 23/1 (2000), 123. ) — Pope Francis
I had the privilege of accompanying a group of fathers and sons to the Adirondacks for a few summers on a backpacking mission trip. One of my favorite times was my morning meditation near a pristine waterfall…God’s beauty, power and majesty spoke to me in a simple and clear way. Pope Francis wants everyone, everywhere to have access to this possibility…
