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217. \u201cThe external deserts in the world are growing, because the internal deserts have become so vast\u201d.<\/span>[152]<\/a>\u00a0For this reason, the ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion. It must be said that some committed and prayerful Christians, with the excuse of realism and pragmatism, tend to ridicule expressions of concern for the environment. Others are passive; they choose not to change their habits and thus become inconsistent. So what they all need is an \u201cecological conversion\u201d, whereby the effects of their encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in their relationship with the world around them. Living our vocation to be protectors of God\u2019s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not a call to Gaia worship. \u00a0It\u2019s a call to discipleship to Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

And hostility to it is, face it, hostility to Christian discipleship.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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