World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

Reflection

“When a group of people are sailing in a boat, none of them has a right to bore a hole under his own seat.” –Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan

Prayer

Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer,

It’s typical for us to assert our rights and claim our independence, more than to affirm our obligations and our call to communion. On this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, we take time to grieve and reform this unfortunate tendency, which continues to reveal just how self-defeating it can be. The world that you gave us to steward together is in trouble. It can feel sometimes as if the ship is sinking. Yet rather than fall to despair, inspire our hope and quicken our consciences, today and tomorrow and tomorrow again. That we might unite our prayers and our efforts as one human family, to renew the health and well-being of this home we share in common. For the sake of all living things we pray, Amen.

Call to Action

Acknowledge World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation today. Learn something new and
take action.