________________________________ From: b sabha <bcsabha.kal...@gmail.com> From: Global Catholic Climate Movement <hello@catholicclimatemovement.global> Let us remember the most vulnerable among us View this email in your browser<http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=a802b59b0f&e=1c7317ca58> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/3bf8964e-6673-42ba-88b2-378a17dd406c.png] Dear Friends, Pope Francis stated on the World Day of Prayer for Creation, “The world’s poor, though least responsible for climate change, are most vulnerable and already suffering its impact." As we enter this third week of the Season of Creation<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=deb113c5bb&e=1c7317ca58>, we pray that the governments who are now gathered at the United Nations General Assembly remember this truth. This Wednesday, September 21, they are invited to formalize their commitments to addressing the climate crisis by ratifying the Paris Climate Agreement. Let’s pray that 28 countries<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=8e8f67798e&e=1c7317ca58> ratify this historic agreement so that it can come into force. In the backdrop of this global gathering, we remember our brothers and sisters in East Asia where Typhoon Meranti<http://global.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=389fe141f7&e=1c7317ca58>, the strongest storm of 2016, battered Taiwan and China earlier this week. At least 10 people were killed and thousands were displaced. May the most vulnerable among us continue to motivate us to pray, reflect and act for climate justice for all. Blessings, Christina on behalf of the GCCM<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=2b2ecfa9cd&e=1c7317ca58> team [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/30a11abe-37a9-45ef-8948-15ca453e1792.png] PRAY: SPEND SOME TIME IN SILENCE In Thursday’s Laudato Si prayer session, Janet O’Sullivan led us in the practice of Christian meditation as taught by Fr. John Main, OSB. She shared Pope Francis’ words that “Many things have to change course, but it is we human beings above all who need to change.” (LS 202). Meditation, Janet shared, is a discipline which changes us through the silence during which we are “allowing/asking for that energy which is deepest in us, to become alive in us, bringing the fruits of the Spirit-love, peace, patience.” Invitation: Find 10 minutes this weekend where you can commit to just being in silence with God. You can watch the video<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=adbea86f3b&e=1c7317ca58> of the prayer session or read Janet’s transcript<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=f6096cc1c9&e=1c7317ca58>. You can also learn more about Christian meditation on the website of the World Community of Christian Meditation<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=8c70bbc6cb&e=1c7317ca58>. Then join our next session with Dr. Catherine Mooney Thursday, September 22 at 8:00 AM New York EDT/2:00 PM Rome (see your local time here<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=a2c3d2b884&e=1c7317ca58>). For more information click here<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=ae6509f710&e=1c7317ca58>. ________________________________ [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/e87cc51f-8548-48cc-93e0-b5c52d04cb38.png] REFLECT: CLIMATE REFUGEES In Laudato Si, Pope Francis reminds us “There has been a tragic rise in the number of migrants seeking to flee from the growing poverty caused by environmental degradation.” (LS 25) Already in 2008, the UN said that 20 million people were displaced because of climate change. As this number continues to grow, the necessary social, political, economic, and legal structures will need to be in place to support the migrant’s needs. Invitation: Imagine if you will, hearing a siren blare at 2:30 in the morning. Having to grab your children and what little you can carry to get out of your home before a flood hits. Reflect on the realities climate migrants have to face in a new country; new language, new customs, new faces who may look on them with distaste. Then think about a small way you can participate in positively affecting change in your community. You can also watch this video<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=e0222a62cb&e=1c7317ca58> or view these photos<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=d2418ecd2b&e=1c7317ca58> to learn about some of the communities that have already been affected by this issue. ________________________________ [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/90813f1d-9a63-4719-aee8-9c956a0f4f1d.png] ACT: FOOD WASTE WEEKEND In Laudato Si, Pope Francis tells us that “whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor” (LS, 50). Next weekend, September 23-25, faith communities will be honoring Food Waste Weekend<http://global.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=0d75d60b02&e=1c7317ca58> to raise awareness of all the edible and wholesome food that is never consumed. This includes the food that the farmer was unable to harvest, the grocery store chose not to sell, the food you throw out because the date on the packaging leads you to think that it’s no longer healthy to eat, the supersized portions of food served in restaurants, and the three-day old bread the market throws away when the next shipment comes in. As part of Food Waste Weekend, faith leaders are encouraged to speak to their communities about the problem of the waste of food from their faith perspective. Join us as we highlight this global problem. Invitation: Speak to your pastor, your community head, your priest and ask if they would be willing to speak to the congregation about food waste next weekend. There are many resources on the Food Waste Weekend website: http://foodwasteweekend.org/<http://global.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a4574228876a94c19d41644f&id=fa89f7b587&e=1c7317ca58> to help you plan, from sermon samples to background information and bulletin announcements. ________________________________ CLOSING: POPE FRANCIS' PRAYER [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/9a4574228876a94c19d41644f/images/16321f9e-d123-48b5-bafa-e608389c134f.png]As you finish reading this email, we again invite you to spend two minutes to pray for your coming week, for it to be a week of deeper communion with God our Creator and all of creation. Say this prayer that Pope Francis released in his message, and continue to pray it throughout the month: O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, who are so precious in your eyes… God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth” (ibid., 246), God of mercy, may we receive your forgiveness and convey your mercy throughout our common home. Praise be to you! Amen. 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