14.04.27 Easter 2A/Earth Day Reflection

The creation is not in any sense independent of the Creator, the result of a primal creative act long over and done with, but is the continuous, constant participation of all creatures in the being of God.

~Wendell Berry, from his essay Christianity and the Survival of Creation

14.02.09 Ordinary 5A Reflection

The way we are, we are members of each other. All of us. Everything. The difference ain’t in who is a member and who is not, but in who knows it and who don’t. 

~Wendell Berry, The Wild Birds

12.06.24 Ordinary 12B Reflection

Sowing the seed, my hand is one with the earth. Wanting the seed to grow, my mind is one with the light.  Hoeing the crop, my hands are one with the rain. Having cared for the plants, my mind is one with the air. Hungry and trusting, my mind is one with the earth. Eating the fruit, my body is one with the earth.
~Wendell Berry, “Prayers and Sayings of the Mad Farmer”