Ten years have passed since words took flight,
Laudato Si’, a light in the night,
A call to care for our common home,
Where every creature has a right to roam.
A decade past, a call resounds,
Laudato Si’ on hallowed grounds.
A sister Earth, a mother’s plea,
For care and justice, all to see.
From Assisi’s saint, a gentle guide,
Whose love for nature cannot hide,
A vision of integral ecology,
Where all are bound in harmony.
The Earth, our sister, groans in pain,
From wounds inflicted by greed and disdain,
The poor, most vulnerable, bear the cost,
As ecosystems crumble and are lost.
Beyond the markets, cold and vast,
A human ecology to last.
Where beauty thrives and spirits soar,
And hearts are open evermore.
But hope remains, a seed to sow,
In hearts awakened, spirits aglow,
A dialogue for change, a shared endeavor,
To heal the planet, now and forever.
Let faith inspire, let science lead,
To mend the web of life in need,
With open minds and hands that serve,
A sustainable future we deserve.
No easy task, the path ahead,
But with compassion, we shall tread,
Embracing simplicity, rejecting waste,
In God’s creation, our lives are placed.
Ten years have passed, the journey calls,
To build a world where justice falls,
Like gentle rain on fertile land,
Laudato Si’, hand in hand.
So let us rise, with hearts renewed,
Stewards of Earth, with gratitude imbued,
For in this mission, we find our worth,
To cherish creation, and give it rebirth.
Dominique Mukonda, CICM
