April 30.  SEE.  Joan said, “Why are there so many floods all over the world these days?  Hurricanes, cyclones, monsoons have got stronger, bigger and more destructive. Climate change is blamed on our human destructive actions towards the environment. It makes me think of Noah’s ark times, when innocent animals also had to suffer, because of the wickedness of the people.  There are actually many stories like The Flood in other cultures too.  But history also repeats itself, and we know that it was necessary for God to intervene again, and so God eventually sent the Messiah.  I’m still looking into the message and ask, “isn’t history repeating itself again today, but still on a growing scale, with the most vulnerable members of creation suffering the effects the most?”  “How will God intervene?”  

JUDGE Reflect, share Scripture.  Paul stood up and said, “Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.   God chose our fathers and made the people great. He led them out of Egypt. He bore with them in the wilderness, gave them their land, kings and prophets. Of this posterity God has brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus.  From Acts 13:13-25.  Pope Francis: The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society.  A mentality that says, “then was then and now is now” is ultimately immature. Knowing and judging past events is the only way to build a meaningful future. AL193. Pope Leo,   prayer for the Year of St Francis.   Saint Francis, our brother you who 800 years ago went to meet Sister Death…..

Pope Leo’s Prayer for the Year of St Francis.
Saint Francis, our brother, 
you who eight hundred years ago went to meet Sister Death as a man at peace, 
intercede for us before the Lord.
You recognized true peace in the Crucifix of San Damiano,
teach us to seek in Him the source of all reconciliation that breaks down every wall.
You who, unarmed, crossed the lines of war and misunderstanding,
give us the courage to build bridges where the world raises up boundaries.
In this time afflicted by conflict and division, 
intercede for us so that we may become peacemakers: 
unarmed and disarming witnesses of the peace that comes from Jesus Christ. 
Amen