Love Animals
Every creature is a hymn of creation. Birds sing the Psalms; cats meditate like silent monks; dogs practice unconditional love far better than most theologians. Francis called them “brother” and “sister” not as a metaphor, but as fact — part of one vast family.
To love animals is to remember that stewardship is not ownership. We are caretakers, not consumers. Loving them means protecting habitats, ending cruelty, and honoring their lives as part of the same divine breath that animates us. When we treat animals as teachers instead of tools, we glimpse Eden — not as a lost paradise, but a possible present.
Sister Abigail Hester 
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