Going into space?

                     

The Director of the Vatican Observatory, the Jesuit priest Fr Guy Consolmagno, a well-known planetary astronomer, was asked recently if he would love to go into space, just as Jeff Bezos did recently. He answered in this way: “Obviously I would never say No if the opportunity is there. If God opens a door, He would want me to go through it. 25 years ago I had the chance to go to Antarctica to collect some meteorites. It wasn’t an easy trip, but I was happy I experienced it. Presently every human being has the possibility to reflect on the cosmos and admire its beauty and magnificence. Whether you go into a space shuttle or a space capsule, we all have the opportunity at night to go outside and behold the million stars above us, and there reflect that the entire universe is bigger than any problem we may encounter.” St. Ignatius of Loyola, when he was an administrator in Rome, used to go outside in the evening and look at the stars. And he would end up with tears in his eyes seeing the beauty of the universe and God’s love towards us. Let us protect our universe and appreciate all we have around us.