The Josephite Laudato Si’ Action Plan team presents its second Conversation Package in the five-part Urgent Hope series. The series focuses on Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum which following on from Laudato Si, alerts the world to the climate crisis.
Titled Blinded by Our Might, it is presented as a flipping book that can be downloaded. This community and educational resource has been developed by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart in collaboration with the Sisters of St Joseph Lochinvar to spark discussion, inform, and inspire people of hope.
Blinded by our Might focuses on the recognition that humanity is the most powerful species on the planet. Our species is now regarded as “having turned into highly dangerous beings, capable of threatening the lives of many beings and our own survival” (Pope Francis 2023, # 28).
Pope Francis is calling humankind to dial-back our reliance on technological fixes as the remedy for the climate crisis. Rather than remaining ‘blinded by our might’, this Conversation Package focuses on the urgency of remembering our rightful place within creation, and the hope that we will choose the “path of wisdom” (Pope Francis 2023, # 63) and “begin to think of ourselves differently, in a humbler… way” (Pope Francis 2023, # 68).
Blinded by our Might is an invitation to transform our lives, our goals, our relationships and our faith. It uses questions based on quotes from Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum to spark discussion, opposing views and ways to move forward.
