September 1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

This annual day, established by Pope Francis in 2015, is an opportunity to pray, reflect and act to care for God’s creation.  All of us, both those who most contribute to climate change and those whom it most affects, pray today for better stewardship of the Earth.

"The annual World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation offers to individual believers and to the community a precious opportunity to renew our personal participation in this vocation as custodians of creation, raising to God our thanks for the marvelous works that He has entrusted to our care, invoking his help for the protection of creation and his mercy for the sins committed against the world in which we live."  + Pope Francis in his announcement for the World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation

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A Prayer for Our Earth

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures.
 You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
 Pour out upon us the power of your love,
 that we may protect life and beauty. 
 Fill us with peace, that we may live
 as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
 O God of the poor,
 help us to 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. Touch the hearts
 of those who look only for gain
 at the expense of the poor and the earth.
 Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
 to be filled with awe and contemplation,
 to recognize that we are profoundly united
 with every creature
 as we journey towards your infinite light.
 We thank you for being with us each day.
 Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
 for justice, love and peace. 
                        -From Pope Francis, Laudato Si