For us a Catholics, natural law has always been the foundation of our inquiry into the sciences. With the expanding data that is flooding our awareness, we need to be sure our understanding of natural law is flexible and open. And so...


Our very understanding of natural law is expanding. We simply have more data from the fields of biology, physics, astronomy, and the social sciences. Our danger is to rigidly view natural law as closed. As the God of evolution, the great Mystery of the universe is letting us in on data we knew nothing about. We ourselves are developing, and as we do, we realize more and more how we need to steward the environment in which we live. Natural law is God letting us in on how the universe, including ourselves, works. Because our understanding of natural law is expanding, we find ourselves challenged to enter more deeply into the truth that is our deepest desire. Rigidity will keep us locked into one stage of our growth into God. We cannot afford such intellectual poverty if we are to be of service to the human community.

Carla Mae
9/10/13