O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;For the wide sky and the blessed sun,For the salt sea and the running water,For the everlasting hillsAnd the never-resting winds,For trees and the common grass underfoot.We thank you for our sensesBy which we hear the songs of birds,And see the splendor of the summer fields,And […]
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Hey! Learn to hear my feeble voice.At the center of the sacred hoopYou have said that I should make the tree to bloom. With tears running, O Great Spirit, my Grandfather,With running eyes I must sayThe tree has never bloomed Here I stand, and the tree is withered.Again, I recall the great vision you gave […]
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The garden is rich with diversityWith plants of a hundred familiesIn the space between the treesWith all the colours and fragrances.Basil, mint and lavender,Great Mystery keep my remembrance pure,Raspberry, Apple, Rose,Great Mystery fill my heart with love,Dill, anise, tansy,Holy winds blow in me.Rhododendron, zinnia,May my prayer be beautifulMay my remembrance O Great MysteryBe as incense […]
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Lord, grant us the wisdom to care for the earth and till it.Help us to act now for the good of future generations and all your creatures.Help us to become instruments of a new creation,Founded on the covenant of your love. – The Cry of the Earth
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Dear Mother earth,Who day by day unfolds rich blessing on our way, O Praise God! Alleluia! The fruits and flowers that verdant grow,Let them his praise abundant show. O praise God, O praise God, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. – St. Francis
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I thank You God for most this amazingday: for leaping greenly spirits of treesand a blue true dream of sky; and for everythingwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes. – E.E. Cummings
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Let us pray for an end to theWaste and desecration of God’s creationFor access to the fruits of creationTo be shared equally among all peopleAnd for communities and nations to find sustenanceIn the fruits of the earth and the water God has given us. Almighty God, you created the world and gave itInto our care […]
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O Lord, grant us the grace to grow deeper in our respect ofAnd care for your Creation.Lord, hear our prayer. O Lord, help us to recognize the sacredness of all of yourCreatures as signs of your wondrous love.Lord, hear our prayer. O Lord, help us turn from the selfish consumption ofResources meant for all and […]
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All praise be yours, My Lordthrough all that you have made. And first my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day…How beautiful is he, how radiant in all his splendor!Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness. All praise be yours, my Lord, through Sister Moon and Stars;In the heavens you have made them, bright […]
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