Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51: 10-12
Soul of the Earth, sanctify me. Body of Earth, save me. Blood of Earth, fill me with love. Water from Earth’s side, wash me. Passion of Earth, strengthen me. Resurrection of Earth, empower me. Good Earth, hear me. Within your wounds, hide me. Never let me be separated from you. From the power of evil,
You will have pain and affliction, trouble and strain and doubt. But you shall not be overcome and all shall be well. Yes, all shall be well, and all will be well, and you shall see yourself that all manner of things shall be well. Julian of Norwich
Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth… and with all your strength, with all your mind, with all your heart, preserve it for you children and love it. Chief Seattle (1780-1866) of the Washington Suquamish
Eternal light, shine into my heart, Eternal goodness, deliver me from evil, Eternal power, be my support, Eternal wisdom, scatter the darkness of my ignorance, Eternal pity, have mercy upon me, that with my heart and mind and soul and strength I may seek your face and be brought by your infinite mercy to your
Creator God, help us build a new world in the midst of the old. A world where all workers are valued. A world where those who clean houses are also able to buy houses to live in. A world where those who grow food can also afford to eat their fill. excerpt from “A Prayer
Lord, today you make us known to friends we did not know, and you have given us seats in homes which are not our own. You have brought us near, and made a brother of a stranger. Forgive us, Lord… we did not introduce you. Prayer from Polynesia
God of the poor help us rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes. Bring healing to our lives, That we may protect the world and not prey on it. That we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction. We wish to be one with Pope Francis In this resolve.
Lord, you are closer to me than my own breathing, nearer than my hands and feet. St Teresa of Avila