Prose and Prayers for the Season of Creation

Excerpt from Rowan Williams’ book:
Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer

“And that is why many Christians have found that in reflecting on the Eucharist they begin to see what a Christian attitude to the environment might be. Do we live in the world as if God the Giver were within and behind and in the depths of every moment and every material thing? Well, no, for the most of the time we do not. We live on the surface, we see what suits us and serves our goals – as if, instead of having their own depth and integrity, things are there just for us to exploit and abuse. Reverence for the bread and the wine of the Eucharist is the beginning of reverence for the whole world in which the giving of God’s glory is pulsating beneath the surface of every moment”.

Right Reverend Robert Atwell
Bishop of Exeter and Chair of the Liturgical Commission

Everlasting God
whose Spirit broods everlastingly over the lands and the waters,
and endows them with form and colour:
give us, we pray, the mind and heart
to rejoice in the majesty of creation.
Teach us to be responsible stewards of this world
and to seek the common good,
that through your blessing all may flourish,
and creation sing your praise
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen