“You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious listener, think of all these creations which God has drawn out of nothing; . . . recognize everywhere the wisdom of God; never cease to wonder, and, through every creature, to glorify the Creator.” ThinkingEarthHeavenAnimalWonderAirSeaCreationCreaturesBirdFilledCreatorCeaseListenersGlorifyStudious Author:Saint Basil
“Fish in the water represent pure potential. If the water is not clear, we do not know if they exist at all. To get them to bite something connected to a line and pull them into our world is managing a birth that brings these creatures from the realm of mysytery into the world of reality. It is a kind of creation.” IfsKnowsWorldKindRealityWaterLinesClearSeaCreationBirthPureCreaturesRiversFishesConnectedBoatRealmsLakesFishingOur WorldBites Author:Howell Raines
“The typhoon came out of the sea first as a deep hollow roar. ... I was surrounded by the madness, the unreason, of uncontrolled, undisciplined energy. None of this made any sense. It was worse than useless - it was nature destroying its own creation - its own self. To create by the long process of growth and then to destroy by a fit of wild emotion - was this not madness, was this not unreason?” FirstsLongMadeSelfEnergyProcessGrowthEmotionSeaCreationFitMadnessWeatherUselessDestroyingHollowUndisciplinedTyphoons Author:Pearl S. Buck
“Augustine said that we were all born into the world of "common grace" [i.e., available to all]. Before one is baptized, or even if one never is, such grace meets one in God's creation. There is grace in the pear tree that blooms and blushes. There is common grace in the sea (that massive cleanliness which we are proceeding to corrupt), in the fact that there was, before we laid hands on it, clean air. Our task is to appreciate that grace.” IfsWorldSaidFactsHandsBornCommonGraceAirTreeSeaCreationAppreciateTasksCleanAvailableMassiveCleanlinessProceedingBaptizedPearsAugustineGod's CreationClean Air Author:Joseph Sittler
“As to the sea itself, love it you cannot. Why should you? I will never believe again the sea was ever loved by anyone whose life was married to it. It is the creation of omnipotence, which is not of humankind and understandable, and so the springs of its behavior are hidden.” ShouldBelieveSeaCreationSelf LoveBehaviorMarriedSpringHumankindOmnipotence Book:The Sea And The Jungle Source: The Sea And The Jungle
“Oh Mary, star of the sea, once again we recourse to thee, to find refuge and sernity, to implore your protection and help. Mother of God and our Mother, turn your sweet gaze towards those who face the dangers of the sea everyday to guarantee their families the necessary sustenance for life, to protect the respect of creation, to serve peace between peoples.” HelpingFacesMotherTurnsStarsSeaDangerCreationSweetProtectEverydayProtectionTheeGuaranteesMaryRefugeSustenanceRecourse Author:Pope Francis
“How I hate the man who talks about the 'brute creation', with an ugly emphasis on Brute. Only Christians are capable of it. As for me, I am proud of my close kinship with other animals. I take a jealous pride in my Simian ancestry. I like to think that I was once a magnificent hairy fellow living in the trees and that my frame has come down through geological time via sea jelly and worms and Amphioxus, Fish, Dinosaurs, and Apes. Who would exchange these for the pallid couple in the Garden of Eden?” ThinkingMenChristianScienceHateAnimalTreeSeaCreationHe ManPrideEvolutionProudCoupleCapableGardenI HateFellowsFishesUglyJealousMagnificentEmphasisWormsBrutesApesEdenDinosaursAncestryKinshipJellyGarden Of EdenGeological Time Book:The Journal of a Disappointed Man Source: The Journal of a Disappointed Man