235. For Christians, all the creatures of the material universe find their true meaning in the incarnate Word, for the Son of God has incorporated in his person part of the material world, planting in it a seed of definitive transformation. “Christianity does not reject matter. Rather, bodiliness is considered in all its value in the liturgical act, whereby the human body is disclosed in its inner nature as a temple of the Holy Spirit and is united with the Lord Jesus, who himself took a body for the world’s salvation”.
Reflection
Pope Francis proposes that the natural world is integral to our sacramental and spiritual lives. How have you experienced this?
Action
Say this Laudato Si’ prayer each day next week
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