A Bigger Picture

The White Violet Center for Ecojustice Workshop with Diarmuid O'Murchu proved to be quite interesting. I come away challenged to be more active in justice making, and still marveling and pondering the 13.7 billion year old story that now is our story.

Birth, death and re-birth are an ongoing cycle of creation. Scientist tell us that the first generation of stars following the Big Bang operated only on hydrogen and helium. They had to die and explode to create the additional elements like carbon that make biological life possible.
Embracing this big cosmological perspective on life has been another Promised Land sighting for me. As Diarmuid quotes St. Thomas Aquainas, "If we don't understand creation correctly, we can't hope to understand God correctly."

On one of the last days at Tantur, someone shared a prayer written by Diarmuid O'Murchu, which segued me nicely into last weekend's workshop. I think now that this Irish priest has helped get me ready for the next leg in my journey, connecting with extended family in N. Ireland, and learning about Celtic spirituality at Iona, Scotland.