Canticle of Creation II

In the beginning, Lord my God,You alone existed: eternally oneYet pregnant in the fullness of unity.Full to overflowing,You, Father of All Life, exploded outwardIn a billion bits and pieces.Your word became flesh,Whirling in shining stars, shimmering sunsAnd in genesis glimmering galaxies.You, my God, spokeAnd Your Words became flesh:In sun and moon, earth and seas,Mountains and gentle hills,Rolling rivers and silent streams.You, my God, spokeAnd Your Words became flesh: in winged bird, in deer and elephant,In grazing cow, racing horse, and fish of the deep.Your Words, so unique and so varied,Filled the earth also with rabbit, squirrel and ant.And all Your Words were beautiful,And all were good.From each of these Holy WordsArose a prayer of praise and adorationTo You, their CreatorAnd Wondrous Womb.'Praise You," rang out the redwood,"Blessed be You," chimed in the cedar,"Holy are You," prayed the prairie grasses.From all four corners of this earth,Rose up a chorus of perpetual adoration.O Sacred Spirit, O Divine Breath of Life,Unseal my ears that they may ever listenTo Your continuous canticle of creation;Open my heart and my whole self,To sing in harmony with all its many voices.Teach me to commune with Your first Word made flesh,Your creation,That I may be able to unravel the wondrous wordsOf Your second Word made flesh,Jesus,Through whom, with whom, and in whom,I may see myself as another Word of Yours made flesh,To Your glory and honor.

- Author Unknown