Rome, Saturday, June 9, 2012
From my early childhood I loved to be outdoors, especially at first light in the morning. There was something very attractive and fascinating about being outdoors, whatever the weather or the time of year. Later on I realized that somehow God was present and speaking to me in a very personal way through nature, a way beyond thoughts and concepts. Creation remains for me the original Word of God spoken in love. When the psalmist rejoices that “One day in the House of the Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere” [Ps 84:11], my thoughts go spontaneously to the whole vast expanse of the universe.
(JPIC - Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation)