Saturday 6th November 2021
Compassionate God, you know our hearts and share our sorrows.
We are hurt by the despoiling of the living Earth, which we love.
We are angry at the loss we contemplate.
We long for words of comfort, yet find them hard to hear.
Turn our grief to active love
Turn our anger to energy for repair of the world
Turn our guilt to solidarity
and by your forgiveness make us whole with all creation.
All: Amen
Andii Bowsher, Green Christians
Reading: O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small. Psalm 104:24-25
On this the sixth day of COP26 the focus is on nature, so let us pray:-
We pray for all the participants,
the decision-makers and the protestors,
the bureaucrats and the prayerful,
influencers and bankers,
shareholders and investors,
for producers and consumers.
May they recognise and be inspired
by the beauty and the necessity
of the natural world, its seas and land,
its plants and creatures,
birds and insects
and micro-organisms.
May they value all that nature is,
all that nature has been and can be,
and see within the ability of humankind
to be destructive or constructive.
Loving and patient God,
may your will be done.
All: Amen.
Hallowed be your name! (NB hallow is an older word that means holy)
Amongst the woods and forests,
between oaks and cedars,
God’s name is holy.
In the seas and oceans,
with whales and sea urchins,
God’s name is holy.
Across the moors and meadows,
with curlews and plovers,
God’s name is holy.
By riverbanks and streams,
following eels and kingfishers,
God’s name is holy .
High up on mountain peaks and glaciers,
sheltering in cwms and gullies,
God’s name is holy .
Gathered in barns and hives,
buzzing with bees and bats,
God’s name is holy .
Hidden under stones and snuck into crevices,
lying low with lizards and spiders,
God’s name is holy .
In all corners of the world
and where ever life exists,
God’s name is holy!
Amen
The Green Tau 