EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Seven, Number Two January/February 1998 A HYMN "Blessed be you, harsh matter, barren soil, stubborn rock: you who yield only to violence, you who force us to work if we would eat . . . Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever new-born; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth. Blessed be you, universal matter, immeasurable time, boundless ether . . . you who, by overflowing and dissolving our narrow standards or measurement, reveal to us the dimensions of God. . . . from Hymn of the Universe, by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin; New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1961; reprinted in Earthsongs: Praying with Nature, by Wayne Simsic, St. Mary's Press, Winona MN 1992 Home     Table of Contents