2025 Canticle of the Creatures

“You have created the world in the variety of its elements. To man, made in your image, you gave the wonders of the universe, so that in your works they may glorify you” (MRI20 Pg. 363). From these words we grasp the essence of the relationship between creation, man and God. Pope Francis in the encyclical letter Laudato Si’, reflecting the language of Saint Francis, points out: “The universe unfolds in God, who fills it completely. Hence, there is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf, in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face.” (No. 233). Created things are recognized as gifts of God and as a reflection of the Paschal Mystery, which radiates throughout creation. This is why Saint Francis calls everyone and everything “brothers”, including the natural elements, because all are touched by the grace of the Risen One. Again, the Holy Father in Laudato Si’ states: “The Lord, in the culmination of the mystery of the Incarnation, chose to reach our intimate depths through a fragment of matter. He comes not from above, but from within, he comes that we might find him in this world of ours.” (No. 236). Let us live, then, this moment not only in remembrance of the prodigious event celebrated herein, the Canticle of the Creatures, but let us allow ourselves, now as well, to be touched by the grace of the Paschal Mystery, so loved, sung and lived by the Seraphic Father.

Pamphlet: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LVCCQtduklBHo2iXxR276AjqkN4j2Kbz?usp=share_link 

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