TATAKalikasan: A Prayer for Our Environment from Pope Francis' Laudato Si'

 

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A Prayer for Our Environment
from Pope Francis' Laudato Si'

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Salt + Light Media
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

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Join us today in effort to create worldwide awareness on the importance of our environment with this prayer taken from Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si'.

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. ~