January 29, 2016

8  ECOLOGICAL BEATITUDES

Blessed are the birds, they don’t have to get

to airports and stand on lines in order to fly
to get to where they want to get.

Blessed are the rivers, the lakes, the ponds,

the oceans and the fish, tiny and giant creatures,

they know without them,  there would be no we.

Blessed are the trees - giving us tables and

chairs, doors and homes, pencils and paper,

and okay - there is always the cross.

Blessed are the flowers - giving us beauty

and color - gift and surprise - poetry and pause -

telling us life is not all business and busyness.

Blessed are the babies - they give us chances

to think of others, end our selfishness, me, me,

me, and give it our best for their future - not ours.

Blessed are the sun and the moon

they give us light and energy by day

and a reason to look up in the night.

Blessed is the wind - it helps sail our boats,

spin our windmills, fly our kites, clear the air

and walk with our God in the cool of the evening.

Blessed are wheat and grapes, they give us bread and wine - and a chance to celebrate moments in memory of Jesus who walked this earth with us.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016
Cf. Laudato Si'