The Story of the Universe



The Big Bang

 OUR UNIVERSE

The Continuing Story of Creation

Our Universe is part of the unfolding and ever-accelerating Cosmos. It came out of what many Cosmologists refer to as 'The Big Bang' .  It has existing almost 15 billion years and around about 4.7 billion years ago a Star , we call our Sun was born.

From this beginning our Solar System developed and from this developed our wonderful Blue Planet - often referred to as Mother Earth. For countless generations people have gazed at the stars and wondered and pondered about them. Philosophers, physicists, prose writers and poets, all have contributed to this wonderful story. In this week designated as ONE WORLD WEEK, it seems appropriate to share from the writings of a great Environmentalist and Ecologists, +Thomas Berry. Below is an excerpt from his writings

The Story of the Universe

The Universe story is the quintessence of reality.

We perceive the story.

We put it in our language,

the birds put it in theirs,

and the trees put it in theirs.

We can read the story of the Universe in the trees.

Everything tells the story of the Universe.

The winds tell the story,

literally, not just imaginatively.

The story has its imprint everywhere,

and that is why it is so important to know the story.

If you do not know the story,

in a sense you do not know yourself;

you do not know anything."

Thomas Berry

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