Yesterday, the Holy Father, Pope Francis sent a video message to those who are participating in the United Nations Summit on Climate Change. The meeting is taking place in New York, and among the most talked-about participants, there is a teenager from Sweden who is speaking out strongly and challenging all those who are in attendance to take action and not to settle for mere platitudes.
Greta Thunberg is still young, but she is causing quite a stir, perhaps not unlike the attention that was focused on Jesus when he re-defined the established norms of his time. In the gospel proposed for today's Eucharistic celebration, he says: My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it (Lk 8:21).
We too have a choice to make. We can choose to hear the words of Jesus and not to allow them to affect us, or we can choose to listen attentively for these words and to allow them to influence our actions. Jesus is calling us to act, the response is up to us.
Have a great day.
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