Fourth of 5 parts
Third Talk delivered at the annual holy retreat of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines held at the Monastery of the Transfiguration in Malaybalay City on the theme “Synod Spirituality: Embracing Ecology in the Light of Laudato Si’ and Laudate deum” on July 2-4, 2024How inclusive should be an inclusive community? One may say: an inclusive community should include all the marginalized and the excluded human beings.
Contemplating on the peaceful life of indigenous people’s community at sitio Mantaboo of barangay Sil-ipon in Libona, Bukidnon reminds the beholder of what a basic ecological community looks like. Photo courtesy of FR. REYNALDO D. RALUTOAs image of the Triune God whose being is essentially relational, human beings naturally form a community. It would be against their relational nature if they live in isolation.
To emphasize the inclusive and non-anthropocentric perspective on human community, we need the ecological insights of Jürgen Moltmann who strongly affirmed that “It is not individual parts of creation which reflect his wisdom and his beauty; it is the community of creation as a whole.”He boldly asserted that “Human beings will only fulfil their special task as ‘the image of God’ if they recognize the community of creation in which and from which and with which they live.
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