Category: environment
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Ascensiontide in climate emergency
Ascensiontide is the 10 days between the feast of Christ’s ascension and Pentecost Sunday. The date is tied to Easter and so varies from year to year. Together with all in Christ, we wait Come Holy Spirit; soak into our deepest being … We pray together with all your people Come Holy Spirit; breeze through
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Nativity in climate emergency
—————– ɷˡˡ̷ ————— Through the Word, all was made that has been made.And the Word became flesh and lived among us. 1 Pause… We take refuge in God’s earthing in flesh;immersion in death;rising to Life.We take root in the Love of God;the Good News of Christ;the prayers of the faithful. 2 As we hear the
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Epiphany in Climate Emergency
Let us pray that the pilot light of God’s loving presence may fire up our hearts and transform us by the knowledge of divine glory. A light may lit. It would be appropriate if it were set down in soil as the following prayer is said by all: We take refuge in God’s earthing in
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Season of Creation in Climate Emergency
The Season of Creation starts on 1 September and goes through to 4 October. It is a time to pray for the sustaining of creation, the protection of vulnerable ecosystems and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles. It is a time to appreciate afresh the beauty and wonder of what God has made. Let us pray
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Prayabouts
Curating environmental concerns, some alarming, some a little more hopeful, most have links to help dig into the story more. I’m repopulating these. Suggestions welcome. Mostly there are no directions about how or what to pray: these are things to hold before God and over time to get a sense of the right sort of
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Mondays in climate emergency
There is a brief guide to the principles informing daily prayer in climate emergency here. Open link to sound in another tab — ɷˡˡ̷ — God is the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to
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Daily Prayer in Climate Emergency
The growing collection of daily prayers in the climate emergency can be seen further down. This collection is not yet complete, so come back here to see what’s new. The hope is that every so often a new office /form will be posted -often as it is tested out during a season. Any thoughts or
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Actions and rituals
On this page, there are a number of ideas for actions and rituals that could be used with, for example, the climate lament ideas on this site. Please try to use materials with a view to their recyclability, compostability and sustainability. Mourning Armbands. There is a long tradition -now largely only seen on sports’ teams
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Earth Overshoot days
Earth Overshoot Day is the date in the year when humanity’s use of planetary resources and ecological services in a given year exceeds what Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate or replace in that year. In 2021, it falls on 29 July. Individual countries will also have different national dates most in the West will be well
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