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Nativity in climate emergency

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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 scriptures read, may they lead us to the Christ and may we find in Jesus the fulfilment of all our searching.

Psalm(s) and readings.

Blessed are those who hear the word of God
And obey it.

A time of quiet and/or shared reflection, afterwards a collect may be said.

Mary’s Song3 may be said (or sung). Here, it has been divided into four stanzas. You may like to read out a different one each day.

My soul proclaims your greatness O Lord;
my spirit rejoices in you O God our Saviour,
You have looked with favour on your lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call us blessed.


Almighty, you have done great things for us,
and holy is your name.
You have mercy on those who fear you
from generation to generation.


You have shown strength with your arm
and scattered the proud in their conceit,
casting down the mighty from their thrones
and lifting up the lowly.
You have filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.


You have come to the help of your servant Israel,
remembering your promise of mercy,
the promise made to our forebears,
to Abraham and his children forever.

Glory to God in the highest:
how glorious is your name in all the world.
Holy, holy holy, Lord, God of power and might.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory!

… expressions of praise and thanks …

O God, you have done great things for us
And holy is your name.

Let everything that has breath flourish and fulfil your purposes, O God!
May your commonwealth of peace and freedom sustain our hope and come on earth.
Father, may your will be fleshed out:
on earth as in heaven.

You desire the liberation of creation subjected to frustration 4
Loving Creator, may your will be fleshed out:
on earth as in heaven.

You work for peace and justice in the earth 5
Carer for Life, may your will be fleshed out:
on earth as in heaven.

You desire all to come to salvation and to a knowledge of the truth 6
Lover of all souls, may your will be fleshed out:
on earth as in heaven.

Concerns and biddings for the world’s good and God’s. …

Everliving all-loving God, may your will be fleshed out:
on earth as in heaven.

With the bread we need for today, feed us.
Into what will sustain our life in you, lead us.

… reflection / requests for daily bread provision.

We look to you to supply our need, be our provider and strength.
Father, may your will be fleshed out:
on earth as in heaven.

Forgiving God, we recognise that we have avoided your call, shirked responsibilities and mis-stewarded your gifts to us.

…

God forgive us
And Let grace live within us
Sharing God; we have resisted expressing your life and bringing to birth your kin-dom.

…

God forgive us
And Let grace live within us

…

God who first loved us, help us to love others by forgiving.

…

God forgive us
And Let grace live within us

There may be silence to reflect on forgiving. After an appropriate interval, words of forgiveness may be said.

As we seek to live embodying the values and commitments of God’s just and gentle Rule, let us reflect on challenges to our faithfulness and integrity that may lie in our future, and let’s recognise the way ahead has many unknowns which may wrongfoot us.

…

We are called to bear Christ into our world. With Mary we ask, how can this be?

…

We take to heart the Angel’s reply:
The power of the Most High will overshadow you; with God it is possible:
Let it be to us according to your Word.

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[i] John 1:1ff

[ii] These words recontextualise for Christians a Buddhist affirmation and are heavily adapted from a prayer of the Church of South India.

[iii] Based on the ELLC translation of Luke 1:46-55

[iv] See Romans 8:20

[v] Reflecting Jeremiah 9:24b

[vi] See 1 Timothy 2:4. We might also reflect on this in the context of climate crisis in relation to the XR demand to tell the truth

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 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.

As we hear the scriptures read, may they lead us to the Christ. And may we find in Jesus the fulfilment of all our searching.

Psalms and readings. Then a time of quiet and/or shared reflection …

Blessed are those who hear the word of God
And do it. 1
Jesus calls us to continue to follow him.

…

Lord Christ Jesus, we hear your call.
To whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We believe and know you are the Holy One of God. 2

A collect may be said …

A Song of the Cosmic Christ may be said or sung together.

Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God,
the firstborn over all creation.
For in Christ all things were created:
things in heaven and on earth,
visible and invisible,
whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities;
all things are created through him and for him.
He is before all things,
and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church;
he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead,
so that in everything he might have the supremacy.
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him,
and through him to reconcile to himself all things,
whether things on earth or things in heaven,
by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.3

Hallowed be your name, in the Beloved by the Spirit;
as in the beginning, so now and for ever. Amen.

Be exalted O God, above the heavens
Your glory is throughout the earth.
Your loving-kindness is higher than the heavens
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. 4

…expressions of praise and thanks may be made silently or aloud …

Our God in heaven, father and mother to us,
Hope of creation, Fulfilling the promise of the ages
Hallowed be your name!

In a world needing wisdom to read its own stars, faithful God,
glorify your name.
Among those who are excluded and held at the margins, faithful God,
glorify your name.
In lifting up the lowly and filling the hungry with good things, faithful God,
glorify your name
In the search for meaning and fullness of life, faithful God,
glorify your name.
In the naming and framing of new knowledge, faithful God,
glorify your name.
In serving and keeping the earth, faithful God,
glorify your name
In resistance to pollution, exploitation and extinction, faithful God,
glorify your name

Other petitions, intercessions or biddings. Daily praycrs for environmental concerns, Other prayer suggestions for climate and environment related matters …

In meek pursuit of God’s just and gentle ways, we find ourselves in need of means and sustenance.

Pause to recognise our needs.

As you provide for us, sustain us and equip us to serve you, faithful God,
glorify your name.

Yet our ways have too often not followed after God’s wisdom, and we have polluted God’s priorities.

… Pause to bring our wrongs repentantly to God…

As we turn from our sins and turn to Christ this day
faithful God,
glorify your name.
And we have failed to extend to others the forgiveness and forbearance we ourselves enjoy and rely upon.

… we recall before God any grudges or vengefulness we harbour …

As we forgo our claims on others for revenge. and recompense for wrongs, faithful God,
glorify your name.

As we seek to be guided by the star of Christ’s coming and be faithful to our baptism, let us reflect on what challenges to our faithfulness and integrity the coming hours may bring, and pause respectfully before the many unknowns of our future.

Pause for recollection.

Today into our lives we weave
The ways of God with the air we breathe.
Facing trials of earth’s distress
We join with God to mend and bless.
When we pass through joyful things
We make to God our thanksgivings.
All who in body or mind we meet
may God through us both touch and greet.
In every task and deed that’s done
We weave the purpose of the Son.5

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1 Luke 11:28

2 John 6:68

3 From Colossians 1:16ff

4 Psalm 57:5,10

5 Responsary © (cc) 2023, based on an earlier version from 2015 both written by Andii Bowsher

Advent in climate emergency

The themes of Advent are the future of creation and the end of things, the justice and mercy of God’s judgement. This form is part of the collection of forms of prayer in climate emergency. -more here about the underlying principles for that collection.

At this point, this is a provisional form, and alterations may be made from time to time.

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We will listen to what the Lord God will say
for God shall speak peace to his people
to the faithful shall God speak
that we do not turn again to folly. 1

…Pause to recognise God’s presence.

My soul faints with longing for your salvation,
and in your word have I put my hope.

Psalms and readings. When they have been read, a collect may be said.

Zechariah’s Praise may be said. Here, it has been divided into four stanzas. You may like to read out a different part each day.

Blessed are you, Lord God of Israel;
you have come to your people and set us free.
You have raised up for us a mighty Saviour,
born of the house of your servant David.

Through your holy prophets you promised of old
to save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us;
to show mercy to our forebears
and to remember your holy covenant.

This was the oath you swore to our father Abraham:
-to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
free to worship you without fear,
holy and righteous before you,
all the days of our life.

In your tender compassion, O God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace2.

We wait upon your loving-kindness, O God,
in the midst of creation, your temple.
As with your name, O God,
so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
your right hand is full of justice.
and your mercy is upon all your creatures. 3       

…when any further expressions of praise and thanks have been shared:

Gracious compassionate God, your Dayspring scatters the deathly shades haunting our darkness: as your beloved children, we rejoice:
Hallowed be your name

Light is on the horizon; a day is coming when wickedness will die back never to re-germinate. Just and merciful God, hasten that Day and in this age preview your new creation:

Extend your Reign, O God
Let Godly hopes prevail.

Concerns and biddings for the good of the world in silence or aloud …

In that day, the groaning of creation will be fulfilled in freedom and glory. Extend your Reign, O God
Let Godly hopes prevail.

In that day, death and mourning, crying and pain will be no more and God will wipe away every tear. Extend your Reign, O God
Let Godly hopes prevail.

In that Day, your Spirit will fill all things and all shall know you. Extend your Reign, O God
Let Godly hopes prevail.

As we walk the path of your Dream of a healed creation, a peaceable kin_dom and a beloved community, may we know your hand supplying our needs.

… recalling, before God, our own needs in silence or aloud...

In providing our daily bread, Extend your Reign, O God
Let Godly hopes prevail.

Give us this day the courage and insight to forgive others as you forgive us our trespasses

…

Like carbon to the atmosphere:
We have added to the world’s woes
Like nutrients from the soil;
We have taken without restoring.
Like heat to the oceans
We have sown destruction

Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.

 A moment of silence for reception of God’s mercy and grace …

in our forgiving and being forgiven, Extend your Reign, O God
Let Godly hopes prevail.

As we seek to tread lightly on the earth walking the way of Christ, let us consider the challenges to our faithfulness and planetary good neighbourliness the coming hours may bring, and that unknowns lie ahead…
Guide us O God:
by your light to live
by your grace, forgive
to speak well to all
to act on your call
in storm find your rest
in nature -seek its best
Your wisdom to know
Christ’s presence to show
Father, may we be, in this world, the leaven
And may your will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.

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1 Psalm 85:8

2 Based on the ELLC version of the Song of Zachariah aka The Benedictus

3 See Psalm 52

The Season of Holy Revenance

Kingdomtide in Climate Emergency

This season is during November, before Advent. It incorporates All Saints, All Souls and Remembrance and on 30th is the Day of Remembrance for Lost Species1. So, the themes for this season are remembrance of losses, lament, and recognition of mortality. It also recognises the natural theme of growing darkness and lengthening nights (in the northern hemisphere). Officially this season before Advent is Kingdom Season. The title “The Season of Holy Revenance is taken from a book of Poems by Cynthia Hogue 2. For some context on how the idea of daily prayer in climate emergency is worked through, read this.

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All flesh is grass, enduring as a flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades.
But the Word of our God stands for ever.3

Pause to appreciate God’s presence.

Your word O Lord, is a lamp to our feet
and a light to our path.

Lights /candles may be lit

Sustain us according to your promise
and we shall live.

Psalms and readings 

Comfort our hearts and strengthen them
in every good work and word

Reflection individually or together. 

Then a Canticle (as follows) may be used or a hymn.

Every good deed
Every perfect gift
Is from Above,
Coming from the Creator of lights
Who does not change
Like their shifting shadows.
God chose to birth us
Through the truthful Word
So that we would be
As firstfruits
Of all God created. 4

O Lord, open our lips
And our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Blessèd are you, God of all consolation, you love us and in grace you give us eternal comfort and good hope 5, you give seedtime and harvest and nourish life in the midst of decay; with you is the well of life,
In your light we see light.

Praise and thanksgiving, silent or aloud.

God in heaven; you are as a father and a mother 6 to us,
Hallowed be your name

The nights lengthen, trees leave themselves bare and plants retreat in on themselves. We remember summer, and warmth. We recall whom we miss and remember what is no more. And we pray for life in death, light in darkness and hope in despair.

We grieve for fraying the web of life we love. 
We rail at the losses we contemplate.
We long for words of comfort,
yet find them hard to hear.

…We bring our concerns for creation, or for the needs of the earth, people or events to God, silently or aloud. Consider pausing after each of the following response to consider and pray from whatever the petition brings to heart and mind.

We pray for life in death, light in darkness and hope in despair. In the travails of earth:
bring your vision to birth

Creation groans: we feel the marring and lament the harms. In the travails of earth:
bring your vision to birth

The cries of the needy and dispossessed call out for justice. In the travails of earth:
bring your vision to birth

Strongholds against truth and compassion vaunt themselves. In the travails of earth:
bring your vision to birth

We cast our cares upon you, generous and faithful God. In the travails of earth:
bring your vision to birth 

…

As we seek to walk in Light, you promise to supply our need

…sharing of needs, silently or aloud …

Seeking first your righteousness,
All things needful are shared.

The darkness of night is dissolving as the Dawn’s light draws near. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness.

We pause to recognise what of our life needs to change in the light of God’s Reign

When the shadows we have cast have hidden the light for others,
Father forgive.
Bring us life again

We reflect on what we may need to forgive

We forgive the shadows others have cast on our lives.
Father forgive.
Bring us life again


We cry to the Lord in our trouble:
deliver us from our distress
Bring us out of darkness:
from out of the shadow of death 7

We reflect on the coming day:
…

In all that today may bring; the anticipated and the surprising, the pleasant and the testing;
Go before us, alert us to the real issues,
strengthen us for Good,
awaken us if we sleepwalk into sin,
show us the way out of the darkness:
fill us with love, hope and peace as we cling fast to you.
Amen.

In your tender compassion, O God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

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1 https://www.lostspeciesday.org/

2 This word can be found in Cynthia Hogue’s book of poems. It resembles “revenant”, the French word for ghost (literally, “returning”), and ‘reverie’ -a state of dreaming (in this case for a better future) and it also conjures the word ‘reverence’.  See  https://poets.org/book/revenance

3 Isaiah 40:6b-8

4 Adapted from James 1:17-18

5 2 Thessalonians 2:16

6 See Isaiah 42:14; 49:15; 66:13; Hosea 11:3f; Psalm 131:2

7 Psalm 107:13-14

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 that God’s loving presence may flare up in our hearts and transform us by the knowledge of divine glory.

A light may be lit and set in a bowl of soil as the following prayer is said by all:

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.

Psalm[s] and reading[s]. Quiet and/or shared reflection. A framework for reflection, using the pattern of the Lord’s prayer could be used. A collect may be said.

From the creation of the world, God’s eternal power and nature, though invisible, have been perceived and grasped through the things God has made. [a]

You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honour and power,
for you made all things,
by your will everything persists
and was created[e]

The heavens tell out God’s glory;
and the skies proclaim God’s handiwork.
Day streams data to day,
and night declares knowledge to night.
This is not speech; there are no words;
their voices are not heard;
and yet their forthtelling propagates through the whole earth,
and their words to the world’s end.[i]

We recognise and celebrate God’s loving greatness…
So with angels and atoms, stars and saints, earth and sky and sea.
We hallow your name, joining with the eternal song of heaven
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory,
hosanna in the highest.

Creator God, breathe your Spirit through never spent nature[o] and make flourish the the deep down viridity[u] of the world.
Send forth your Spirit:
And renew the face of the earth.

Sustainer of all, in the searing of uncaring trade and the smearing of human toil[o] let there grow renewal, justice and peace.
Send forth your Spirit:
And renew the face of the earth.

Loving and out-reaching God, as you touch and woo every heart, let there grow a reverence for all you have made and freedom to respond to your grace.
Send forth your Spirit:
And renew the face of the earth.

…prayers or biddings may be added here, further suggestions here. You might, on occasion, wish to plant a seed in the soil for each petition or add a few drops of water to seeds already planted. When you’re ready, the leader ends with:
Send forth your Spirit:
And renew the face of the earth.
May we know your comfort and provision as we seek your will for life and cosmos
…requests for God’s provision may be added here the leader ending with
Send forth your Spirit:
And renew the face of the earth.

We are debtors to the ecosystem you have grown for our nurture.
We have trespassed on the resources you provide for others.

Like carbon to the atmosphere:
We have added to the world’s woes
Like nutrients from the soil;
We have taken without restoring.
Like heat to the oceans
We have sown destruction

If there is a bowl of soil, perhaps at this point you might trace with a muddied finger a cross on the palm of a hand and pause to reflect

We open our hands to forgive:
we are debtors to mercy and heirs of grace.
Thank you for bearing our dys-grace.
We are forgiven in your determination to bless.

Lead us into gracious and merciful living;
generous and respectful in all you have made.
As we contemplate your creation, O God,
we see wildness and order,
chance and necessity,
Freedom and limits.
Grant us to use lovingly our freedoms
to be wise in living the order of things
And wary of our vulnerability to misleadings.
For yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory.
Now and forever, amen

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Footnotes

[a]Romans 1:20
[e] Revelation 4:11
[i] Responses based on Psalm 19:1-4
[o] Phrase from Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem God’s Grandeur.
[u] Viridity is a term from Hildegaard of Bingen, a medieval mystic, writer and artist who led a convent. It comes from the Latin for ‘greenness’ and so captures nature’s sign of health and growth.

Eastertide in Climate Emergency

Eastertide lasts until the celebration of Christ’s Ascension, ten days before Pentecost.The prayers below reflect Christ’s rising from death and its implications and incorporate references to creation and alludes to the environmental crises. This form is a beta testing version.

Alleluia, Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
Our hopes are raised
Life emerges from death
Right is wrested from wrong
The uprising of Love has begun!

Draw alongside us, Lord Jesus,
Open up the scriptures to us by your Spirit,
so our hearts might be lit with fresh understanding
and fired up by your presence.
Psalm[s] and reading[s]. The reader or service leader, after the readings may say:
Here ends the reading.
Here begins its outworking.
There may be a time of quiet and/or shared reflection. A framework for reflection, using the pattern of the Lord’s prayer may be used.

Jesus said: ‘Do not doubt but trust.’ With Thomas we respond,
‘My Lord and my God!’
Let us hear for ourselves what Jesus replied,
‘Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to trust.’
…
We have these words so that we may come to believe and trust:
Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,
we have life in his name. based on John 20:19ff

We set God always before us:
who is at our right hand; we shall not fall.
Our hearts are glad
and our spirits rejoice;
Our flesh shall also rest secure
You will show us the path of life;
in your presence is the fullness of joy
and in your right hand are pleasures for evermore From Psalm 16
… Further appreciation of God may be voiced…
O God, you roll away the stone from our hearts, and brighten our imaginations with the dayspring of new life. In Christ you spoke Life into death’s unmaking, and infuse us with your Springtime.
God of new creation:
Hallowed be your name

In this world marred by sin and death, and yet marked by blessings and common grace…
Living God:
glorify your name.
In our world’s fractured global community, in our world’s distressed ecologies
Living God:
glorify your name.
In your church called to proclaim your new life in thought and word and deed
Living God:
glorify your name.
Among those whose lives our lives touch; friends, colleagues and families
Living God:
glorify your name.

We ask for God’s eternal-life-giving to be known in our world, saying,
Living God:
glorify your name
Particular concerns for the world and its people are brought before God, you could use the one-line petitions above*, using each one-liner to prompt further prayers. There are suggestions for climate and environment related prayers here and here.

In our needs and weakness in our provision and supply…
We consider what we need to continue living in Christ
The risen Jesus makes common table with us.
As we make common cause with Christ:
Give us each day our daily bread.
Living God:
glorify your name.

Full-lively God, we come to you in sorrow for our sins, and confess to you our weaknesses and unbelief.
Recollection of what we need to confess.
We have fallen back into the systems of sin and death, failing to live the metabolism of the risen Christ.
Merciful God, forgive us.
And restore us to life.
We have entombed others in unforgiveness,
enshrouding them in contempt, withholding words of life.
Forgive us, Merciful God
And restore us to life-giving.
Let us attend; Christ breathes upon us the peace and forgiveness of God.
A moment for quiet reflection on our forgiveness.
Who will rescue us from this body of death?
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

As we seek to forge a new future living the life of Christ let us pause before the likely events and involvements and the unpredictable happenings that face us.
…
A collect prayer may be said.
In our laughter, and tears, in our fear and our hope;
Living God:
Glorify your name.

Jesus comes to us and says,
‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.’
He breathes upon disciples and says; ‘Receive the Holy Spirit….
Pause to reflect on Christ’s risen presence and call before we return to the rest of our lives.
Let us bless the Lord:
Thanks be to God
Who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Notes

*Prayers rewritten from an intercessions prayer in Patterns of Worship, 1995

Lent in Climate Emergency

This prayer for Lent in climate emergency is evolving -if you visit more than once during Lent 2022, you may see changes. You’re welcome to suggest further changes or ideas in the comments section at the bottom. I encourage you to pray it before commenting, though. The form for Friday daily prayer in climate emergency could also be used during Lent.

During Lent you might like to keep a small dish of dust or ash near where you normally pray as a reminder of the season and a visual reminder in some of the prayers. Perhaps you might mark a cross with it on your hand or hold it in your hand as you start to pray the first words of this office.

just a suggestion !

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We remember we are dust
And to dust we shall return.
Of stardust we are formed
Of God we are breathed to Life.

     Pause to take a deep breath or two …

In the wastes we’ve been making
We discover false stories
In the climate we’re creating
We recognise our complicity
We seek your wisdom, O God
In scripture and reflection.
Teach us your ways
Form us in truth.

Reading(s) and reflection

Jesus calls us to follow him.

….pause for reflection

Lord, we believe,
help us in our unbelief.

A collect may be used.

Our God in heaven, you hide us in the shadow of your wings;
Hallowed be your name.
We will give you thanks:
You are our help and our God.
You seek us out in the darkness of our sin, and exchange beauty of reconciliation for the ashes of our rebellion.

                                     …other appreciations of God may be added.

You are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger;
Abounding in steadfast love for us.

In a world of precarity and danger, we cry out for  marginalised people and vulnerable biomes – that they may find respite, security and dignity
….
God fulfil your purpose for us:
Send from heaven and save us.

In a world replete with prideful and greedy powers, shaping the lives of people and planet -bring them to judgement, recall them to the common good and draw them into creation care.
God fulfil your purpose for us:
Send from heaven and save us.

In our deserts of decaying dreams and dried up stories, nurture and equip those who hunger and thirst for right to prevail. …
God fulfil your purpose for us:
Send from heaven and save us.

In a fragile and pressured world we lay out before you, God, the needs and concerns known to us.

                        Further prayers may be voiced here. This prayer guide is commended and you may find these topics useful to consider further.

God fulfil your purpose for us:
Send from heaven and save us.

In a world where there is bread enough for all, we recall those who do not have, and pray for the will and means of supply, globally and locally.
God fulfil your purpose for us:
Send from heaven and save us.

Seeking first your kingdom & righteousness may all things needful be added to us.

                           We hold before God our own needs ….

You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

Give us this day the courage and insight to forgive others as you forgive us our trespasses …

Like carbon to the atmosphere:
We have added to the world’s woes
Like nutrients from the soil;
We have taken without restoring.
Like heat to the oceans
We have sown destruction

Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.
                       A moment of silence for reception of God’s mercy and grace …
in our forgiving and being forgiven, God, fulfil your purpose for us:
Send from heaven and save us.

As we live the coming hours, what in the world do we seek?
We seek God’s way among the ashes.
Let’s seek with all our deciding
Amen. God be our wisdom.
Let’s seek with all our affections
Amen. God be our centre
Let’s seek with all our attitudes
Amen. God be our vision.
Let’s seek with all our resources
Amen. God be our mainstay.
Tested and tempted in the desert, scripture revealed, as the Spirit steered, Jesus’ resistance and direction …
Let us go in the mind of Christ
Led in the way everlasting.

— ɷˡ̷ˡ̷/—

Other climate emergency attentive prayers can be found here, an explainer for them is also there -a few paragraphs down.