Be praised, my Lord, for all your creation! Echoing the words of St. Francis of Assisi in his Canticle of Creation, in these chilly November days, I pray that God’s peace and blessings may warm your hearts and homes. I want to speak to you in this moment about a topic of vital importance to our lives as individuals, as Church, as a nation, and above all, as a single human family: our duty to care for creation.