Francis understood at a deep level God’s deep desire that all creation might thrive. He also understood that for that to happen relationships between people, and people and creation needed to be restored. This is the deep longing in scripture. It is what the covenants longed for. It is what Jesus came to complete. It is what he taught and lived. We see that in the story today – Deuteronomy allows divorce when woman displeases the husband. The central theme of this years Season of creation remind us that we are all interconnected
Because relationships broken too often women, children, and other people, creation simply seen commodity to be traded and discarded. That is what Jesus was talking about. The result is climate change and biodiversity loss.
The burden of which is falling mostly on people living in poverty – especially women and children. The recent Save Children fund report on consequences makes that clear.
Finish by talking about COP 26 – and inviting people to get informed, pray for and advocate for COP 26
Conclude with his TSSF video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmxnP-kL7cs&authuser=1
The notes can be found here