God has written a precious book, \u201cwhose letters are the multitude of created things present in the universe\u201d.<\/span>[54]<\/a>\u00a0The Canadian bishops rightly pointed out that no creature is excluded from this manifestation of God: \u201cFrom panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe. It is also a continuing revelation of the divine\u201d.<\/span>[55]<\/a>\u00a0The bishops of Japan, for their part, made a thought-provoking<\/span><\/b>observation: \u201cTo sense each creature singing the hymn of its existence is to live joyfully in God\u2019s love and hope\u201d.<\/span>[56]<\/a>\u00a0This contemplation of creation allows us to discover in each thing a teaching which God wishes to hand on to us, since \u201cfor the believer, to contemplate creation is to hear a message, to listen to a paradoxical and silent voice\u201d.<\/span>[57]<\/a>\u00a0We can say that \u201calongside revelation properly so-called, contained in sacred Scripture, there is a divine manifestation in the blaze of the sun and the fall of night\u201d.<\/span>[58]<\/a>\u00a0Paying attention to this manifestation, we learn to see ourselves in relation to all other creatures: \u201cI express myself in expressing the world; in my effort to decipher the sacredness of the world, I explore my own\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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