Humans the high point of creation: Archbishop

25 Sep 2013

By Matthew Biddle

Archbishop Costelloe blesses a joey at Bindoon Agricultural College.

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB visited Catholic Agricultural College in Bindoon on September 17 for the annual ‘Blessing of the Animals’.

The Archbishop blessed cattle, sheep and the college’s other farm animals after speaking to staff and students.

He told them the story of creation in the Book of Genesis revealed a great truth – that human beings are made in the image and likeness of God.

“There’s this great long list of all the things that God creates, and then at the end, as if he’s kept the best till last, he creates human beings,” he said.

“There is something unique about us that’s different to all these other fantastic things God’s given us, because we’re made in God’s image.”

Just as God gives life and cares for the world, so we should be life-givers who look after our world, the Archbishop said.

“In this magnificent world that God created for us, we’re the high point,” he said.

“We are the best gifts of God’s creation to each other. So care about the land, care about nature, care about the animals, but most of all, care about each other, that’s what being created in God’s image really means.”