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… the original birthday for us all – the planets, stars, galaxies, the bacteria, fungi, oceans, trees, rocks, critters, and human beings – she found herself naturally turning to verse once …

… tucked into an area just west of Holy Family Church and features more than 25 kinds of plants, trees and flowers arranged around a statue of the Holy Family donated by the Sisters of the Holy …

… of the bee and the wasp, the surge of green across the Earth. Then the first rush is over, the trees are vast canopies of cholorophyll, the meadows tall with grass, the fields thick-bladed …

… before. If the Church is a garden, new sprouts are proliferating. There have always been tall trees and shrubs (cathedral and parish communities) in the church. But now, there are new …

… A couple of weeks ago "The Tree of Life" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival though some audience … 's Rich Heffern got a jump-start on Catholics reviewing Terrence Malick's latest film "The Tree of Life" that opened this past Friday in limited release. Heffern is obviously taken with … it totally. The way to life, therefore, is a path of surrender and acceptance. I think that 'Tree of Life' is communicating this same difficult but vital lesson." Then John P. McCarthy, …

… a group of young squirrels. Half grown siblings, they scurried up the trunk of the highest Ash tree and when they reached the top, came to an abrupt halt as they hit a dead end. The next tree was a considerable distance away, which seemed daunting to me. With barely a pause, the … not been tethered for months, drifting amidst the seed pod casings shed from the overhanging trees following recent thunder storms. I liken the seeds to the spiritual potential we all have, …

… was the last time they held their One of the gazillion-member Brood XIX infamous two-month, tree-level mating frenzy. After their long nap, these periodical cicadas woke up and emerged from … Nancy Hinkle said. "The only minimal problem is that the females lay eggs near the ends of tree branches, and that causes browning of the leaves and might cause the branch tips to fall … Second, after their two-month breeding cycle, the dying cicadas will help support the very trees they feed off of: "When they die, their carcasses essentially decay and provide a nice …

… and about late at night. Her descriptions of a praying mantis eating her mate during sex, or a tree filled with natural lights, or a water bug eating a frog by dissolving its insides and …

… bags take up less room. Either option is a bad choice for the natural world. Paper bags mean trees felled, while plastic takes forever in the landfill to self-destruct. Both contribute to … strategies for right living in the ways of the natural world. Lao Tzu, a Taoist sage, wrote: “Trees and animals, humans and insects, flowers and birds. These are active images of the subtle …

… Terrence Malick’s new film, “The Tree of Life,” is at once a wide-ranging meditation, an elegaic cinematic rendering of what it’s … but is actually the crux of the film. The mother is a loving presence, photographed with trees and butterflies; the father is a businessman shown at work amid steel gantries and …

… summer annuals, between peas and corn and beans and the annual crop of weeds. Meanwhile, the trees spread their green canopy, hurry their blossoms to maturity and seedling, and the …

… seen the fruit that has been borne since the (Second Vatican) council, and we hope that the tree that bore it has just been badly pruned and not hewn down," Rev. Holeton said. …

… The university was nestled in the countryside in a perfect spot replete with tall evergreen trees and small lakes. I couldn’t help but admire the Benedictine monks who managed to secure …

… kinglets and tufted titmice, travelling in a gang, visited the nearby dogwood and wild plum trees and scolded me for being there. I filled the hummingbird feeder and hung it from the porch …

… Westminster Abbey were not encouraging. In the nave, interspersed among the seats were small trees. I am not a fan of trees inside where they do not belong. It called to mind the atrium of a 1970’s-era, John …

… the first pacifist march in Kabul and then invited us to join them in planting 52 fruit trees for peace, followed by a candlelight vigil for all the war dead. The Afghan Youth also …

… “Crucify Him!” Imagine yourself among the centurions whipping his back or nailing him to the tree. Imagine yourself with a lance, piercing his side: That lance is already in your hand, it is …

… -- One of the paradoxes of Easter is the cross – a tool of death fashioned from a tree, which should be a symbol of life. Nowhere is that contradiction driven home more starkly … hands upraised, over a stump – symbol of death for his people – but against a backdrop of trees where the sun is rising. To the left, standing on a stump, is Stang; to the right is Fr. …

… is alive with brightness. Years and years ago I planted a pencil-sized Arbor Day dogwood tree. It had grown two stories high, covered in white flowers each spring and red berries each … have a striped texture, like woven cloth. Those ridges reflect light, which is what makes the trees glow. Legend has it dogwood was the wood of the cross. The tree as we know it is delicate, almost a shrub in its branching patterns. Legend tells that the …

… claiming to be a king. This nonviolent Jesus was decidedly not passive. He did not sit under a tree and practice his breathing. He walked regularly into the face of danger, spoke the truth, …