The Canticle of Creation

Be praised Good Lord for Brother Sun who brings us each new day.

Be praised for Sister Moon: white beauty bright and fair, with wandering stars she moves through the night.

Be praised my Lord for Brother Wind,for air and clouds and the skies of every season.

Be praised for Sister Water: humble, helpful, precious, pure; she cleanses us in rivers and renews us in rain.

Be praised my Lord for Brother fire: he purifies and enlightens us.

Be praised my Lord for Mother Earth: abundant source, all life sustaining; she feeds us bread and fruit and gives us flowers.

Be praised my Lord for the gift of life; for changing dusk and dawn; for touch
and scent and song.

Be praised my Lord for those who pardon one another for love of thee, and endure sickness and tribulation.

Blessed are they who shall endure it in peace, for they shall be crowned by Thee.

Be praised Good Lord for sister Death who welcomes us in loving embrace.

Be praised my Lord for all your creation serving you joyfully.

Francis of Assisi, 1225 A.D

Jesus Statue Struck by Lightning

I understand that many local residents are very happy this ugly Jesus statue is now gone from the scenery of their daily commute. It was not a good likeness of Jesus, anyway. Jesus was much younger than what the statue appeared to be, and had a far kinder face.

The people who go to this church spent $250,000 on this statue back in 2004. A quarter of a million dollars to advertise their church as belonging to Jesus, via an over-sized off-white Styrofoam atrocity! I would think that if the people were really following Jesus as Jesus demonstrated to do, there would be no need for such folly.

The poor creatures in the water where the statue went down! All that molten Styrofoam descending down upon their happy home like so much non-environmentally-friendly diarrhea!