The Sermon of All Creation: An Introduction Fall Ferns and Trees Cold Mountain Spring Water Red Dawn Sunset Eye of the Desert Wildflowers Marshlands Setting Sun Cacti Purple Sky Snow on Cedars Spreading Branches Twilight Yellow Mist

slide 6 of 16 And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: “Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee.” “Come, wander with me,” she said, “Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) We do not know God in His essence. We know Him rather from the grandeur of His creation and from His providential care for all creatures. By this means, as if using a mirror, we attain insight into His infinite goodness, wisdom and power. Maximus the Confessor (580-662)