It may seem a bit strange to speak about the environment on a Catholic website, it appears some what activist. But if you think about it, it is more akin to us than we imagine.

Environment is all the living and nonliving things on planet earth or regions of it. In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, it says that God created heaven, earth, plants, animals and man and woman, i.e., "God created the environment."

The first commandment is: Love God above all things. How do we love God and destroy His work? It's not possible! If a person is a fan of Leonardo da Vinci, he or she will not want to burn the picture of the Mona Lisa, it would be an insult to the memory of the artist. Likewise, we offend God when we destroy His work!

We often feel ungrounded, alone and discouraged. It's hard to believe that a person is up there watching over each one of us, watching us even in difficult times. Sometimes we want to look good, but it seems that a higher power puts us down. Why? What should we do?

Maybe continue being sad and wait for the next day, because 'there's nothing like a day after another.' But have you ever stopped to think about the time you spend complaining and feeling down? We could spend that time praising and thanking God for what He did for us a long time ago: sacrificed his only son for our salvation.

Relatively few people participate in organizations or enroll in atheistic movements. But also, there's no need for it. While many do not call themselves atheists, they live as if God did not exist; they lead their lives as if God was dead.

Do you know what's worse about it? It's that instead of having to go to a National Secular Meeting to find some of these people, you can go to Sunday Mass ... Many of us, Catholic Christians, live as if Jesus never left the tomb.

But now I can proclaim the good news. Like Mary Magdalene told the disciples, we may say, the Lord has risen! He lives!

Humans have a huge capacity to turn good things into bad things. It may seem like a pessimistic view of humanity, but let's take a look at some historical facts.

In the ancient Chinese empire, gunpowder was invented to light up the sky with the beauty of fireworks. Then, man used the gunpowder in guns to wage war and conquer other nations. Systems of governments were instituted in order to have an organization and for the development of a country, and men turned them into corrupt governments and dictatorships. Tax collection is for the maintenance of the system, but becomes abusive and fraudulent. The airplane was invented as a mean of transportation and soon after invented, was already being used in wars.