{"id":1250,"date":"2016-04-11T13:33:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcmetheology.wpengine.com\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2016-04-11T13:33:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T13:33:01","slug":"nature-and-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/nature-and-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature and Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During this time of year in New England, nature speaks volumes and louder than any words.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1251 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-1-225x300.png\" alt=\"Connors 1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-1.png 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flowers that are resilient and burst through the snow or endure through a post-blossoming, surprise snowfall \u2026 what do they have to tell me?<\/p>\n<p>When I witness these things and take time to listen to the wisdom of creation, what do I learn?<\/p>\n<p>What do I learn about myself?<\/p>\n<p>What do I learn about my brothers and sisters on the journey?<\/p>\n<p>What do I learn about God?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What about the plants look like a pile of sticks and turn into a shower of blossoms?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-3.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1253 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-3-300x223.png\" alt=\"Connors 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-3-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-3-403x300.png 403w, https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-3.png 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Nature has so much to teach us and here in New England, with a deep experience of the four\u00a0seasons and how they align with the liturgical seasons, we are sitting in the middle of an encyclopedia, a composite of all spiritualities, the Gospel, and an experience of the Living God!<\/p>\n<p>This week, find five minutes to just stop and look around outside &#8212; watch a bud, leaf, branch, blade of grass, or a bird, squirrel, or chipmunk &#8212; and listen to what they have to teach or reveal to you about you, others, and God.<\/p>\n<p>Nature speaks words of grace if we take the time to listen.<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-4.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1254 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-4.png\" alt=\"Connors 4\" width=\"614\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-4.png 614w, https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Connors-4-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sr. Kelly Connors, pm<\/strong>, teaches Canon Law for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjcme.edu\/academics\/programs\/master-of-arts-theology\/online\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Joseph&#8217;s College Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this time of year in New England, nature speaks volumes and louder than any words. Flowers that are resilient and burst through the snow or endure through a post-blossoming, surprise snowfall \u2026 what do they have to tell me? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/nature-and-grace\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[127,193],"class_list":["post-1250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","category-uncategorized","tag-grace","tag-nature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/theology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}