Leader: Fr. Richard Landry, MS
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Comments about the Eco-Mission
LaSalette and Ecology
Restoring The Integrity of Creation
The LaSalette Event
…occurred high in the French Alps, on a warm sunny day in the vicinity of the
village called LaSalette. Mary, the Mother of God, appeared to two young
cowherds, Melanie Mathieu and Maximin Giraud, and entrusted a heavenly message
to them. It was a call to reconciliation for the whole world. Mary calls for a
change of heart; if this happens, the world of nature will respond with
unforeseen fruitfulness and abundance. In so doing, Mary points to the unity and
integrity of all Creation and challenges humanity to recognize its communion
with all beings. Reconciliation is then to happen not only between people and
with God, but also within the entire Creation.
….And Ecology
Reconciliation among the human family and with God is the necessary condition
for “coming home to the Earth”. Our planet is being victimized by the abuse
humanity is heaping upon it: pollution of water and air, devastation of forests,
and poisoning of the land are the results of greed and selfishness. Our
ecological challenge is to once again recognize that the Earth is our home and
to become aware of our place within the family of Creation not above or apart
from it.
