by: William Mattingly
Heavenly Father, creator of the mountains and trees, the waters and earth, we gather today to thank you for the many blessings and gifts that you have bestowed on us. May we open our minds and hearts to the urgency of preserving these gifts of nature.
Help us Lord, to use our gifts to improve our lives, the lives of others and the world. We ask this through your son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
by: Sr. Bernadine Baltrinic, OP
Creator God, rain blessings on your creation so that, purified from the scars of human greed, it may shine again in its wholeness. Give us all a reverence for earth as the work of your hands.
Listen to our prayers for our changing world that traps us between hope and fear, life and death.
Gather your church together in unity so that it may be able to proclaim your message of hope to our world. We ask this in the name of our Creator God. Amen.