Tuesday 1st September is the World day of prayer for the Care of Creation.
Here are a few suggestions for you and your family to mark this important day.
- Attend mass.
- Start reading Laudato Si’.
- Share an inspirational paragraph of Laudato Si to a friend.
- Gather together with family to praise God for his marvellous creation.
- Remember the poor.
- Make a commitment to reducing at least one of your family’s environmental impact. i.e; reducing power usage, reuse and recycle more often, shorter showers.
- Work in your garden.
- Go for a walk with your children and notice the natural world through their eyes!
- Pray to St Francis.
- Pray the prayer Pope Francis wrote in Laudato Si’. (see below)
A Christian prayer in union with creation..
Father, we praise you with all your creatures.
They came forth from your all-powerful hand;
they are yours, filled with your presence and your tender love.
Praise be to you!
Son of God, Jesus,
through you all things were made.
You were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother,
you became part of this earth,
and you gazed upon this world with human eyes.
Today you are alive in every creature
in your risen glory.
Praise be to you!
Holy Spirit, by your light
you guide this world towards the Father’s love
and accompany creation as it groans in travail.
You also dwell in our hearts
and you inspire us to do what is good.
Praise be to you!
Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love,
teach us to contemplate you
in the beauty of the universe,
for all things speak of you.
Awaken our praise and thankfulness
for every being that you have made.
Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined
to everything that is.
God of love, show us our place in this world
as channels of your love
for all the creatures of this earth,
for not one of them is forgotten in your sight.
Enlighten those who possess power and money
that they may avoid the sin of indifference,
that they may love the common good, advance the weak,
and care for this world in which we live.
The poor and the earth are crying out.
O Lord, seize us with your power and light,
help us to protect all life,
to prepare for a better future,
for the coming of your Kingdom
of justice, peace, love and beauty.
Praise be to you!
Amen.
Originally posted 2015-08-31 02:50:10.