THIS GROUND IS HOLY

WE LIVE IN TIMES WHEN THE PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT ARE FOREMOST IN OUR NEWS BULLETINS. WE HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN INTER- RELATIONSHIP AND AN INTERCONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN ALL LIVING THINGS. WE LIVE ON A PLANET WHERE INFINITE GROWTH CANNOT FIT INTO A FINITE WORLD. WE HUMANS HAVE ONLY BEEN PRESENT FOR FIVE PERCENT OF THIS WORLD'S HISTORY. OUR PLANET HAS SPENT NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF ITS TIME LIVING WITHOUT US. UNLESS WE LEARN TO EMBRACE THE BIOSPHERE AS SACRED WE WILL DESTROY OURSELVES BY OUR ARROGANCE. THE PLANET CAN AND WILL SURVIVE WITHOUT US. LIKE ALL THAT EXISTS, WE TOO HAVE OUR PLACE IN THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING. WE ARE ONLY LINKS IN THAT CHAIN. HOLY GROUND REMINDS US THAT WE ARE STEWARDS, NOT MASTERS. ALL NATURE IS REVELATORY. THROUGH DIFFERENT AND FAITHFUL EXPRESSIONS OF LIFE, WE ARE REMINDED THAT ALL LIVING THINGS STAND IN ATTENTION TO GOD, EXCEPT MAN. WE ALONE ARE OUT OF TUNE. WE DO NOT SING A HYMN FOR THE UNIVERSE ROM THE SAME HYMN SHEET.

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