Michael Leunig
God be amongst us and within us. Earth is our mother and nature’s law is our father, our protector. Thus, we pray.
Father do not forgive them for they know precisely what they do. Those destroyers of earth’s beauty and goodness, those killers of nature, do not forgive them.
Those betrayers of nature’s love. Those exploiters of nature’s innocence. Those poisoners. Do not forgive them.
Those greedy, pompous people. That greed and pomposity within us all. The sum total of that petty greed and pomposity within us all. We now know precisely what these things are doing to this earth. So Father, do not forgive us for we now understand what it is that we do.
Amen.
(The above passage and following drawing are taken from When I Talk to You by Australian cartoonist and philosopher Michael Leunig, and are reproduced by permission of the author and the publisher, HarperCollins Publishers, 25 Ryde Road, Pymble, NSW 2073. This and the burnt forest image posted on Tasmaniantimes by Neil Smith.)
