Another Compassion Tune-Up: OneRepublic's Truth to.May our continued good fortune assist our own daring and energy as we push through the bad feelings to get to anger and then action and solutions! Avoiding helping to ensure their survival because thinking about the climate crisis makes your today feel a little less nice is the height of cowardice, no?Īs this is the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in Canada, may I wish you a year of gratitude for whatever blessings have helped you avoid losing your own life or that of your loved ones, your livelihood, your food security or water sources, your home or entire homeland.Īnd may we all spend some time feeling bad for our friends - of all species - in Indonesia and elsewhere who are struggling through so many crises, some of them climate change related or exacerbated, some not. If you've had your children, then biologically you're pretty much done - just one job left, and that's to help them survive so that they can reproduce. Inuentionibus fiunt solutiones quaestionum Here's my poor attempt at a Latin translation: Here's my version of Pompey's rallying cry: We must set out into the huge storm of climate chaos if we want to find the solutions that will safeguard the future, but many of us aren't willing to feel bad about it let alone die trying to save the day. Outside Italy, the supply overflowing, as it were from a wellingĪre you seeing the parallels with the climate change emergency?
Much of it that there was a surplus left over for the use of people The sea with ships and the markets with grain. So, with good fortune assisting his own daring and energy, he filled Himself and ordered them to weigh anchor, shouting out to them: 'We have to sail, we do not have to live.' The story goes: "TheĬaptains of the ships were reluctant to set sail. Plutarch attributed it to Pompey ( Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus) who in 56 B.C., when he was ready to set out on his voyage home to Rome from Africa, faced a huge storm on the sea. When I saw that saying yesterday, it resonated with me right away, before I even understood it. In Latin, Navigare means “to sail” out into deep waters on an adventure with Christ."Navigare Necesse Est, Vivere Non Necesse" It is worthwhile to give one's life for the Gospel and for one's brothers and sisters!”ĭuring this year, the students live with the community of the Disciples, verify their vocation, become bilingual in Spanish and English, and learn the virtues of leadership. John Paul II gave this as his personal witness: “Looking back and remembering those years of my life, I can assure you that it is worthwhile dedicating oneself to the cause of Christ and, out of love for him, devoting oneself to serving humanity. We hope to be “surprised by an encounter with Christ” to experience that “there is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with Him” (Benedict XVI) and to learn that only when we encounter Jesus Christ, do we become fully alive: our life receives “a new horizon and a decisive direction”. The great question of the year is: What will make my life beautiful and great? The answer will come little by little as we follow in the Master’s footprints while journeying together in friendship, exploring the beauty of European Catholic culture and following in the Master’s footprints. As a gap year right after high school or after college, this International Program offers an opportunity to encounter European Catholic culture, devote time to prayer and adoration, and master a second language. Navigare is a School of Catholic Leadership when, after high school or college graduation, young men spend a year in Europe becoming Catholic leaders and men fully alive.
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