Eric Doyle OFM, St Francis and The Song of Brotherhood and Sisterhood (Franciscan Publishing 2023).
Foreshadowing Laudato si’ by forty years, this book has now become a timeless classic. Eric Doyle OFM’s plea to love and respect creation because it has its own intrinsic worth retains its urgency for Mother Earth today. Using the Canticle of Brother Sun as his point of departure he demonstrates how belief in the universal brotherhood and sisterhood of creation can help us to create a better world. In doing so he presents the Christocentric Franciscan vision of creation as a vast unity full of mystery and wonder and introduces the reader to a world comprised of a network of cosmic, personal and spiritual relationships. The vision, both attractive and challenging, demands, in Eric Doyle’s words, a ‘mighty change of heart’ from humanity. These words of wisdom can help to steer us in the direction of humility, gratitude and peace, so necessary if we are to live in harmony with creation and not destroy it.
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