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5 th Sunday of Easter – Year C– May 15, 2022 Revelation 21:1-6, John 13:31-35   And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "See, the home of God is among mortals.   I imagine that a new Jerusalem, where God will dwell, will most definitely have tree-lined streets.   I also imagine that God’s design for the present Jerusalem—and for Earth’s cities in general—is that all should benefit from the Divine gift of trees.   Today’s second reading suggested something that has been on my mind for some time.   Trees and their lack in many inner cities.   I watch a lot of British TV and I noticed that in film scenes of streets with low-income and row housing there are no trees.   The same is true in cities on this side of the Atlantic.   In 2015, a research study examined the distribution of urban trees in Baltimore, MD, Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, P