Reflection: Season of Creation
- August Adelman
- Sep 8
- 2 min read
by Sandy Milne
Each year since the 1990's, Christians around the world have celebrated the gift of Creation in a special way during the Season of Creation, from September 1 through October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. It is a time to reflect with gratitude on the gift of creation, consider the plight of the earth and of those most impacted by environmental problems, and discern how we are called to respond. Below is a multi-faith reflection offered on September 7, 2025. You can find the whole series at https://www.seasonofcreationdaily.org/
From many varied sources we are reminded: We are all one
Everything,
everything that is in the heavens, on earth, and under the earth
is penetrated with connectedness,
penetrated with relatedness.
Hildegard of Bingen
We are all connected;
to each other, biologically;
to the earth, chemically;
to the rest of the universe atomically.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
astrophysicist, author, and science communicator
Woven into our lives
is the very fire from the stars
and genes from the sea creatures,
and everyone, utterly everyone, is kin
in the radiant tapestry of being.
Elizabeth A. Johnson, feminist theologian
Humankind has not woven the web of life.
We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
All things are bound together.
All things connect.
Chief Seattle
Realize that everything connects to everything else.
Leonardo da Vinci
It is the day of days
when the inner eye opens
to the unity of all things.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The universe is a single, vast, interconnected whole.
Deepak Chopra
We are all leaves of one tree.
We are all waves of one sea.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Matter is spirit
moving slowly enough
to be seen
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, SJ
The universe unfolds in God.
There is a mystical meaning to be found in a leaf,
in a mountain trail, in a dewdrop, in a poor person’s face.
The ideal is to discover God in all things.
Pope Francis in Laudato Si' (233)
