MORNING PRAYER - SEASON OF CREATION

Penitential Office

All creation invites us to join our voices in praise to

God. Trusting in God’s mercy and grace, let us

confess our sin to God and to one another.

Generous God, you created us and placed us here

to care for all of creation. Forgive us for turning away from you and

for neglecting the earth. Raise us up and make us again stewards of

your creation that we may see your presence in all that surrounds us;

through Christ we pray. Amen.

Hear and receive this good news, all who long to see and encounter

Christ: Today, salvation comes to you and the land beneath your feet.

Know that we are forgiven and are free to live in peace with one

another and with the earth. Amen.

Gathering of the Community

The heavens declare the glory of God.

The firmament proclaims God’s handiwork.

The plants and trees show God’s presence.

Let us join with creation in praising God.

Teach us to see and hear your power in the winds and waves,

mountains and valleys so that we may glorify your goodness to us

and live rightly in your creation.

We pray to you through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns

with You and the Spirit, Three in One, One in Three, now and forever.

Amen.

Invitatory Psalm

The Psalm (The appointed Psalm is said)

Glory ...as it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.

The Reading(s) ... Thanks be to God.

The Canticle

...Glory...as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen.

The Gospel Reading

The Lord be with you. And also with you.

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to . . .

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

At the conclusion of the Gospel, the reader says, The Gospel of Christ.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Profession of Faith (Per Harling, Season of Creation 2021 Celebration Guide)

We belong to the Creator in whose image we are all made. In God we

are breathing, in God we are living, in God we share the life of all

creation. We belong to Jesus Christ, the true icon of God and of

humanity. In him God is breathing, in him God is living, through him

we are reconciled. We belong to the Holy Spirit, who gives us new life

and strengthens our faith. In the Spirit love is breathing, in the Spirit

truth is living, the breath of God always moves us.

We belong to the Holy Trinity, who is one in all and Three-in-One.

In God we are all made, in Christ we are all saved, in the Spirit we

are all united. Together, we belong to the Earth, our common

home. The Earth that is the Lord’s, and all that is in it.

The Prayers of the Community & Collect(s)

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,

your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily

bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save

us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the

power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

Blessing and Dismissal

Let us go in peace, to treasure and to tend the world God made and

loves. Thanks be to God.

May God who established the dance of creation, who marvelled at the

lilies of the field, who transforms chaos to order, lead us to transform

our lives and the Church to reflect God’s glory in creation. Amen

Portions copyright © 2021 PWRDF A Liturgy for the Season of Creation (rite is based on Leading Into the World by Paul Gallbreath, Rowman and Littlefield, London, 2014 and is used and adapted with permission

of the author), and © SeasonofCreation.org 2021 Celebration Guide