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The fourth [[Liturgical Season]], Diversitas, runs from mid-spring to the summer solstice and covers the diversification of Life on land. The four advances that we celebrate are legs, air breathing eggs, wings, and flowering things, but the celebration is about diversity of forms and so these are just four exciting examples that are meant to inspire us to think about the wondrous diversity that the upward spiral of evolution has led to.
:We gather to mark the passing of a week
:To align our hearts as one.
(Light the Sol candle)
:A quiet forest... still ... a quiet forest...
:And then ... <gasp> ... Noisy animals!
:Chirping Crickets, Roaring Dinosaurs, Calling Birds, Buzzing Bees.
:Forests grow.
:In the lush green forests, diverse species are born.
:And for every species ... there is a story!
:Legs
:Limbs to cross dry land, climb trees and explore the ever spreading forests
:Powerful legs to support the weight of the mighty dinosaurs!
:Insects, and then reptiles, began laying eggs on land
:Air Breathing eggs
:Allowing Birth far from water
:Opening the heartland of continents to exploring animals!
:Then came wings!
:Lifting insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats into the air,
:To escape predators, and strike prey from above
:To soar high, one step from space!
:Next came the flowers, sharers of food.
:Both the nectar of bees,
:And the fruit from which
:early primates got their energy.
:Legs, Land Eggs, Wings and Flowering Things
:From few forms... Many forms.!