In my Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, I wrote to all the members of the Church with the aim of encouraging ongoing missionary renewal. Now, faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet. He addressed his message Pacem in Terris to the entire “Catholic world” and indeed “to all men and women of good will”. More than fifty years ago, with the world teetering on the brink of nuclear crisis, Pope Saint John XXIII wrote an Encyclical which not only rejected war but offered a proposal for peace. Nothing in this world is indifferent to usģ. Gen 2:7) our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters. We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (cf. This is why the earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor she “groans in travail” ( Rom 8:22). The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life. We have come to see ourselves as her lords and masters, entitled to plunder her at will. This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods with which God has endowed her. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured flowers and herbs”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. T.V.: I mean, she's one of the best ever.1. I mean I knew Carrie had a great voice, but I was just blown away. Do both you remember the first time you heard it? And I've certainly had those people come up and talk.ī.H.: And then there's Carrie. You can see when you're singing to people, you know the ones, it's really moving them. M.G.: They come up, (people) who did decide not to stay in their town, realizing that if we don't do something then there's gonna be an opportunity wasted. People must come up and be so emotional (and tell you) how this impacted their lives. T.V.: I think it was in my mind it was conscious from the beginning to make it vignettes.ī.H.: I often ask this, especially (with songs) that make me feel the way this song makes me feel. I've never heard that before.ī.H.: Wasn't there a conscious decision to keep it as one character or make it sort of vignettes? T.V.: Yeah, that's my favorite line in the song!ī.H.: God, it's so good. I said, "Pouring raindrops back into the cloud." She started going off on this lyric and then we all chimed in.ī.H.: And I think you followed it up with, with the next couple lines. and Hillary out of nowhere, I remember her going, "Standing at the front door, she tried to make it fast." I was like, "What is that?" M.G.: Musically, Troy was just in this little groove (on guitar). I think it was Marv's idea that we cut the first chorus in half and then we cut the second verse in half.ī.H.: So, musically, what happened that day? T.V.: Yeah, we didn't go that far, but we had a few extra verses that didn't end up in the song, and we cut some of them as we were doing the demo of the song. I don't know if you remember this, (Marv), but you wrote a lot more of the song than ended up in the song. We wrote a bunch of vignettes.ī.H.: So you wrote (a song like) "The House That Built Me." I say that because, apparently, that was nine pages. T.V.: I think that's what made the song resonate with people, that it's not (a party song). It was a fun exercise to write it as far away from that as we could. T.V.: Yeah, another party song is what it kind of sounds like.ī.H.: But isn't that the genius of how this turned out? You know?ī.H.: Well, if I had been you or Hillary and you'd said "wasted," the obvious connotation. For me, the idea was just dealing with how to use the word "wasted" in different ways, and then also just reflecting on not wanting to waste time. M.G.: I did have a title I wanted to write (a song to) called "Wasted." I don't know if you remember. Marv Green: I believe it was at Troy's house. Do you remember it, how this write started? Bart Herbison: Take us back to that day, Marv.
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