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… 19:1-10 Like other parables, the story of Zacchaeus, the diminutive tax collector who climbs a tree to see Jesus, has its own inexhaustible potential for reflection. I would like to focus on … people who see their chance to show contempt. So, Zacchaeus gathers up his robes and climbs a tree. It is an astonishing sight, this grown man up in the sycamore tree, and no doubt people in the crowd hooted at him. But Jesus does not; he instead meets …

… “Learn a lesson from the fig tree” (Mark 13:28). … compares the coming judgment to the arrival of summer signaled by the greening of the fig tree: “Learn a lesson from the fig tree.” The logic of the lesson is clear, but the mention of a fig tree also recalls that just two …

… with faith-based organizations. At the same time, the bishops are inviting citizens to join in tree planting for environmental conservation. They also encouraged the government to facilitate …

… policy, finding that a single Brazilian businessman stripped 50,000 acres of trees from land he purchased. And on the urban front, Sara DeWeerdt at the Anthropocene explains …

… One project his group supports is the Great Green Wall, which aims to plant millions of trees in the Sahel region to stop desertification. Back on the bridge outside the blue zone, the …

… ground — a place he fears will disappear. He points to the partly submerged stumps of oak trees killed by salt water on land where he rode horses as a kid, and to his mother's home, … and Sikh temples growing pesticide-free food, to Muslim imams and Buddhist monks organizing tree-planting campaigns, the movement knows no denominational boundaries but shares as a driving …

… tells them that if they have faith the size of a tiny mustard seed, they can order a mulberry tree, known for its deep roots, to replant itself in the sea, and it will obey. Another hyperbole …

… officials. Narcotraffickers have made drug crops profitable, creating an incentive to cut trees and plant coca, which is used to make cocaine. They then launder money through illegal … The details differ from country to country, but the overall picture is the same. Worldwide, trees are worth more dead — and out of the way, so land can be "productive" — than alive. The …

… your grandfather," she whispered. "He's accompanying my mother." A breeze rustled the palm trees. The gold dog trotted alongside my grandmother, chaperoning her across cobblestones, dirt …

… Square. Helen Elwes carried a banner she had painted of Mary with her arms wrapped around a tree that sheltered people and animals beneath its branches. Inspired by Francis' encyclical " …

… has brought me a deep grounding peace. As summer moved into fall, I became mesmerized by the trees, wondering if they knew what was coming. Wondering if they knew they'd soon be standing …

… the Andean condor," which is the national symbol of Peru. The crèche will sit under a spruce tree, which is expected to be about 90 feet tall. The tree will come from a sustainably managed forest in the Dolomite mountains of Italy's … Tyrol region. The round wooden ornaments also will come from Trentino, the Vatican said. The tree will be lighted and the Nativity scene will be unveiled the evening of Dec. 10, …

… in the service of our church. Our 400 creation care teams throughout the nation are planting trees, faith and action. Our young adult mobilization program is leading faith-filled witnesses …

… day earlier this year, Dominican Sr. Bette Ann Jaster walked that bluff, pointing out an old tree here, a quarter-acre garden there, and a labyrinth that visitors use for contemplation and …

… every being — it doesn't matter whether they're human beings or not — but every being, every tree, every animal, every microbe is part of an amazing Earth family. ... There are no …

… pandemic sent video messages. At the conclusion, each poured soil into a potted olive tree to be planted in the Vatican gardens. They met again in the afternoon to discuss how faith …

… ones or colleagues. Example: Ask people about their first memory in nature, their favorite tree or pet, or where their "happy place" is physically located. Practice an "act of …

… devastating towns and ending lives of countless animals who make their homes among the trees. Our fire season is not over, and unknown loss looms in the months ahead. In August, as … out the fire at last. In December I returned to witness the devastation close up. Charred trees stretched to the horizon. What once was forest was a blackened necropolis bitter with the … forest might begin to recover from such devastation. Eight summers later, blackened pillars of trees are still present, but they stand above a brushy tangle of green. Ferns and tough-leaved …

… Jesus stuns a skeptical Nathaniel by revealing that he has seen him at prayer under a fig tree meditating on Jacob’s dream of angels ascending and descending on a ladder between heaven …

… the Midwest, the Catholic head of Iowa Business for Clean Energy — who describes himself as a "tree-hugging Republican" — told NCR environmental correspondent Brian Roewe that faith can …