{"id":6764,"date":"2026-05-14T15:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T15:09:28","slug":"our-common-home-a-maryknoll-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/our-common-home-a-maryknoll-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Common Home: A Maryknoll Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/in-touch\/kim-spirit-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Kim, M.M<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seventh Sunday of Easter<br>May 17, 2026<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/051726-Sunday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acts 1:12-14 | 1 Peter 4:13-16 | John 17:1-11a<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is not only the Seventh Sunday of Easter, but also the Feast of the Ascension. The common theme is the motif of death.&nbsp;I mean death, not in the morbid sense, but rather, death as an avenue of transition. One fact that is clear in our complex world is that we are in a constant state of flux. In other words, we are constantly in transition, moving from one moment to the other. As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, \u201cNo one steps in the same river twice, for it\u2019s not the same river and one is not the same person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether moving from one continent to another, or departing from this life to the next, what eases the heartbreak, grief, and fear of leaving the familiar behind is our understanding on a metaphysical level that all of creation is connected with God. In today\u2019s Gospel reading from <a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John chapter 17<\/a>, we hear part of what is known as \u201cThe Farewell Discourse,\u201d given by Jesus to 11 of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion. Jesus describes our connection with God when he says, \u201cEverything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now there is a particular issue which is threatening our connection with Creation and the planet we call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/08\/our-planet-earth-a-maryknoll-reflection-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our home<\/a>: climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Never before in the history of civilization has humanity fathomed that its way of life could bring about the demise of the planet. Through pathological consumption of natural resources and massive output of carbon emissions, the lifespan of our common home \u2014 once perceived indefinite \u2014 is now metaphorically measured within minutes on the Doomsday Clock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, according to experts, there is still a chance that we can reverse this trajectory, but the window of opportunity is closing. It is within this dire context that Pope Francis released his encyclical,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laudato Si\u2019<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Laudato Si\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>serves as a wake-up call not only for Catholics but for the entire world, that unless something is done now to care for our common home, the allegorical apocalypse in the Book of Revelation will become a stark reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn this encyclical,\u201d Pope Francis began, \u201cI would like to enter into dialogue with all people about our common home.\u201d He addressed not just the faithful but everyone, because regardless of race, religion or creed, each and every person is connected to this planet and thus has a stake in its survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By inviting everyone to the dialogue, Pope Francis demonstrated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/07\/leo-xiv-prays-for-conversion-of-those-resisting-climate-action-at-new-mass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate change<\/a> cannot be addressed by a few select countries; rather it warrants the involvement of everyone who calls this planet home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInterdependence obliges us to think of one world with a common plan. Yet the same ingenuity which has brought about enormous technological progress has so far proved incapable of finding effective ways of dealing with grave environmental and social problems worldwide. A global consensus is essential for confronting the deeper problems, which cannot be resolved by unilateral actions on the part of individual countries.\u201d (<em>Laudato Si\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>164)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once global awareness of integral ecology \u2013 that all things of the world are connected \u2013 is established, the illusion of independence is shattered, the reality of interdependence is seen, and an openness and willingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/11\/at-cop30-maryknoll-lay-missioner-highlights-moral-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work collectively<\/a> will take over. The light of interdependence will melt away the egoic deception of the sustainability and efficacy of independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continuing along this thread of interdependence, Pope Francis was quick to remind us that a healthy ecology is preceded by a healthy anthropology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself. There can be no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/04\/on-earth-day-a-look-at-st-francis-of-assisi-as-patron-of-the-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ecology<\/a> without an adequate anthropology.\u201d (<em>Laudato Si\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>118)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why, you may ask?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA misguided anthropocentrism need not necessarily yield to \u201cbiocentrism\u201d, for that would entail adding yet another imbalance, failing to solve present problems and adding new ones. Human beings cannot be expected to feel responsibility for the world unless, at the same time, their unique capacities of knowledge, will, freedom and responsibility are recognized and valued.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/05\/a-decade-later-pope-francis-climate-plea-still-urgent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a> invited each us to contribute in our own unique way. In the spirit of the words of Leo Buscaglia: \u201cYour talent is God\u2019s gift to you; what you do with it is your gift back to God,\u201d Pope Francis called us to partake in this global mission in honor of our interconnectedness with God and Creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each and every one of us is a rare and unrepeatable masterpiece of God. Within each of us is a unique and precious talent that only we can give. I believe that this is the divine glory Jesus is expressing in this, his \u201cFarewell Discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2019\/09\/extraordinary-month-of-mission-october-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryknoll Father Daniel Kim<\/a> was born and raised in Southern California. Ordained in 2017, he serves in parish ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2023\/12\/christmas-finding-the-christ-child-in-the-lowly-and-vulnerable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at St. Mary\u2019s Church in Kowloon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/03\/partners-in-mission-words-deeds-and-love-fung-bing-ho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hong Kong<\/a>. From his mission site, Father Kim also offers audio reflections on the daily Mass readings, available at <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/podcast\/daily-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/podcast\/daily-reflections\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To read other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/category\/scripture-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scripture reflections<\/a> published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resource_type\/scripturereflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Featured image: Argie Aguirre, a member of the River Warriors, gathers trash from the polluted Pasig River in Manila, Philippines, June 22, 2021. Pope Francis released his landmark environmental encyclical \u201cLaudato Si&#8217;\u201d 10 years ago May 14, 2015. 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