Christina Leaño

Christina Leaño

Christina Leaño serves as the associate director of the Laudato Si' Movement, a global movement of individuals and organizations inspiring and mobilizing the Catholic community for climate and ecological justice in collaboration with all people of goodwill. She also is a retreat leader, meditation teacher and student of contemplative practice for more than 25 years.

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Contemplate creation with breath and body as a path of ecological conversion

"To pray with creation also means to pray with our bodies — temples of the Holy Spirit, created in the image of God as both corporeal and spiritual," writes Christina Leaño. 

A lake with two paddleboarders (Unsplash/Alex Guillaume)

A contemplative pause can be a radical act

The first step in contemplation is to pause. By pausing, we make space to connect with God in the moment. 

A manatee floats near the shore in Key Biscayne, Florida. (Unsplash/Debby Hudson)

We are all called to be contemplative. Our planet needs it.

How can contemplation help us cultivate that interior peace that can be the foundation for right-relationship with ourselves, our God and each other, including creation? 

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