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Let me take the opportunity at this time of Christmas to wish all a better year in 2024 when glimpses of light penetrate the darks skies above many sites of suffering throughout the world. If ever the combined energies of ethical concern for human wellbeing joined with the ecological imperatives of an enhanced stewardship with the natural habitats of the human species needed the active engagement of persons and movements of good will and spiritual energy it is now. With prayer, witnessing, and sacrifice it remains possible to dream of a humane future, but only if enough of us are awakened from prolonged complacency.
We might start the awakening process by acting on the realization that we are united the world over as indigenous peoples of the earth, and what that means in how we feel, act, and hope.
Global Justice in the 21st Century 