When Pope Francis released his encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, he explained that this document was not just for Catholics but for everyone. This unusual move on the part of Pope Francis has inspired us to start this blog. We want to demonstrate just what it means for a document to be for ‘everyone’! Instead of being a blog where Catholic theologians examine Catholic teachings, we want to create an environment of dialogue where we can bring together the diversity of voices that Pope Francis is trying to reach.
To achieve this, Br. Dan and I are asking a variety of individuals from all sorts of backgrounds to read a section of Laudato Si and write a short reflection or response to that section. These responses can be analytical, prayerful, critical, poetic, or really, anything the contributor desires! Our hope is that by seeing and reading the responses of others to Laudato Si, we will have more and new perspectives in which to understand the Holy Father's words.
To this end, A Voice in the Wilderness was created. Every week, on Tuesday and Thursday, there will be a post. Each post will indicate what paragraphs of Laudato Si the author is working with (we're using the numbering found on the vatican.va website). There will be a brief introduction of the contributing author by Br. Dan or myself, and then the reflection. We hope to do two short sections a week, though the schedule is flexible, due to our other time commitments.
We invite comments, though at the moment comments are being moderated, so it may take a bit for the comments to show up!
Please join us in diverse conversation and dialogue, and God Bless!
Br. Dan Leckman, S.J.
Ramana Konantz, M.T.S
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