SUGGESTED PRAYERS BASED ON TEXTS FROM LAUDATO SI AND CAFOD PRAYER

SOURCES
MORNING PRAYERN or other times

Option 1 (adapted from Pope Francis, Laudato Si, #246)

Father, we praise you with all of your creatures.
They come forth from your all-powerful hand;
They are yours, filled with your presence
and your tender love.
Praise be to you!
Option 2 (adapted from Pope Francis, Laudato Si, #246)
Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite Love,
teach us to contemplate you
in the beauty of the universe,
for all things speak to you.
Awaken our praise and thankfulness
for every being that you have made.
Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined
to everything that is.
Option 3 (adapted from United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Prayer to Care for our
Common Home)
Father of all,
Creator and ruler of the universe,
You entrusted your world to us as a gift.
Help us to care for it and all people,
that we may live in right relationship-with You,
with ourselves,
with one another,
and with creation.

EVENING PRAYER or other times

Option 1 (adapted from Pope Francis, Laudato Si, #246)
All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.
Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers (and sisters), harming no one.
O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten
of this earth, so precious in your eyes.
Option 2 (adapted from CAFOD, Prayer to the Holy Spirit)
O Holy Spirit, you hovered over the deep at the dawn of creation.
You breathed life into all beings and you continue to dwell and work in all creation to sustain that
life.
Be with us now at this critical moment of our history.
Open our ears to the cry of the earth, suffering the effects of human exploitation and unbridled
consumption.
Open our ears to the cries of our brothers and sisters living in the midst of extreme poverty and
hunger.
Option 3 (adapted from CAFOD, Respect for the Earth)
Grant us a spirit of concern for the future of our environment;
Bring an end to the exploitation of the earths scarce resources;
Encourage us to be responsible stewards of your creation.