The Season of Creation may be ending, but our place within creation is not. St. Francis reminds us that the earth is not scenery, property, or simply a collection of resources—it is a community of creatures already loved by God. Perhaps faithful care begins when we remember that we were never meant to stand outside the garden.
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The World Was Never Just Scenery
The Season of Creation begins with a simple spiritual practice: paying attention. Before guilt, responsibility, or action comes wonder—the recognition that the earth belongs to God and is already alive with God’s goodness. Perhaps caring for Creation begins when we stop treating the world as scenery and start seeing it as our neighbour.