Exactly two months ago, Nicholai woke up in the wee hours with his breath ragged. The time had come to make his way up and over the rainbow bridge and he strained with the effort.
Today marks the Feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals and the environment, the monk who preached loving tolerance for all god's creatures. He was said to preach to the birds and to have given blessing to a wolf who was plundering a local village. Francis preached to humans and animals the universal ability of all creatures to praise God and the duty of men to protect and enjoy nature as stewards of creation and ourselves.
In today's world, where money seems to have become our greatest deity and we see the world and all her creatures as ours to use up as we see fit, it might behoove us to bring to mind the image of a man who pledged to live a simple life, to forsake money and to embrace all of creation. Whether he succeeded perfectly, we cannot know, but perhaps the inspiration can help us now when we need to find a way to harmony of man, beast, and earth.
I hope that Mr. Nickle-Pickle has met up with good St. Francis on his travels. Francis might provide a healing blessing for Nicholai and perhaps Nicholai will carry my hopeful prayer for the soul of humanity to the patron saint of beasts.
May we change our collective mind and heart before time runs out. "All praise to you, oh Lord, for Brother Sun and Sister Moon, Mother Earth and Brother Fire, for all these brother and sister creatures."
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