spiritual steps on sustainable living abbot christopher jamison osb

Spiritual Steps on Sustainable Living

Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB

Metaphysics of Climate Change

aim is to explore what else we need in order to counter the environmental degradation that confronts us

fort i tude

fort i tude

just ice

just ice

temperance

temperance

prudence

prudence

• The key point to note, however, is that the tradition of the virtues

insists that all the virtues are operative at the same time.

Lifestyle: G R E E D

Lifestyle: greed  

How greed actually works, we can now look at consumer culture.

Happy Christmas?

Happiness

Noah: symbol of virtue in the face of climate change

The climate is reminding our culture of forgotten truth

Pope Benedict

“In fact, it’s not just a question of finding

techniques that can prevent environmental

harms, even if it’s important to find

alternative sources of energy and so on.

It’s a question of responsibility before Our Lord who is our Judge, and as Judge our Redeemer, but

nonetheless our Judge

fortitude

justicetemperance

prudence