8 Feb 2023
Cultivate and Care For It
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For 8 February 2023, Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time , based on Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17
In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground— then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
09 February 2023 @ 12:53 am
Thanks, Beth! Today, I will take time to stand still and take notice! God’s creation beckons!
09 February 2023 @ 1:12 am
Beth McCormick and Mary Oliver—Wow, what a Team!!
09 February 2023 @ 1:40 am
Thanks Beth for reminding us of earth’s beauty and our responsibility to care for it..
09 February 2023 @ 2:40 am
Beth, This is truly amazing and so encouraging. Thank you so much.
09 February 2023 @ 2:40 am
Beth, This is truly amazing and so encouraging. Thank you so much.
09 February 2023 @ 3:06 am
Thank you, Beth! Today may we all experience awe and astonishment at God’s gift of creation! Blessings to you!
09 February 2023 @ 3:32 am
Thank you Beth! Your preaching energizes me for the “work” of loving, paying attention, and appreciating the awesome gifts our sister and mother entrusts to us!
09 February 2023 @ 4:36 am
Beth: How blessed we are to be gifted with your wisdom, age and grace! Thank you for helping us care for all of creation. Be well and wonder full! ????
09 February 2023 @ 4:52 am
Love this for so many reasons, also I hadn’t hear the poem before – will be pondering its message and yours. Thank you, Sr Beth!
09 February 2023 @ 5:33 am
Thanks Beth – such a rich and much needed reminder to cherish this gift from God. The insult is the sin of indifference.
09 February 2023 @ 6:00 am
Yes Beth, we need to wake up and listen to God’s Word, Pope Francis’
teaching and your preaching. For we who have ears to hear, let us listen!
09 February 2023 @ 7:00 am
What a beautiful and important reflection and reminder! And thank you for bringing Mary Oliver’s poem to my attention. It expresses so perfectly what draws me to the labyrinth every day!
09 February 2023 @ 2:17 pm
Thank you all for your generous and insightful comments. And the preaching continues . . . . . .
10 February 2023 @ 10:03 am
Very grateful for your gift.
12 February 2023 @ 5:20 am
May the God of the Cosmos remove the blinders from our eyes, the indifference from our hearts as he reminds our soul to take off our shoes for we are standing and immersed in the holy ground of his beautiful and awesome creation. Beth, our wisdom Mother, thank you for this awakening reflection which feeds our spirit.