April 2012 Prayer: Earth Day

By Diann L. Neu

We Praise You, Divine Providence!

We call upon Earth, our planet home, with its beautiful depths and soaring heights, its vitality and abundance of life. With all creation, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

We call upon the mountains…the high green peaks and meadows filled with flowers, the knobs and the foothills. With all creation, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

We call upon the waters that rim the Earth, horizon to horizon, that flow in our rivers and streams, that fall upon our gardens and fields. With all creation, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

We call upon the land that grows our food, the nurturing soil, the fertile fields, the abundant gardens and orchards. With all creation, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

We call upon the forests, the great trees reaching strongly to the sky with earth in their roots and the heavens in their branches. With all creation, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

We call upon creatures of the fields, forests and seas, our brothers and sisters, the wolf and deer, the eagle and dove, the great whale and the dolphin, the beautiful orca and salmon. With all creation, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

We call upon all those who have lived on Earth, our ancestors and our friends, who dreamed the best for future generations and upon whose lives our lives are built. With them, we praise You, Divine Providence….

Breathe Your Life into us!

© Diann Neu, WATER, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, dneu@hers.com,
www.waterwomensalliance.org