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CANADIAN COALITION FOR ECOLOGY, ETHICS AND RELIGION Vol. 3, No. 3, MAY JUNE 1993

 
Peace with Nature
A Prayer from the Dominican Republic

Sophie Jakowska Ph.D.
Commission Member of IUCN (World Conservation Union) and a member of CCEER

The prayer is a translation from her Environmental Catechism
 

LORD, you gave us this planet on which we live with all it contains as a common inheritance to share with other creatures and other human beings.

Help us understand the mysteries of nature in order to respect your Creation and to use your creatures according to your laws.

Help us use your gifts wisely and justly, thinking not only of ourselves but also of other people in other parts of the world who have the right to share them.

Do not permit that through our greed or negligence the earth become poorer in forests and rivers, in plants and animals, and other wonders of nature that glorify you with their presence.

Help us love your Creation in every form of matter and in every form of life, but especially in our human brothers and sisters.

Help us serve one another as other creatures do according to your will, using wisely what we may use of your gifts and sharing them with all the living creatures of our planet.

Help us preserve our environment clean and healthy for all and make the right decisions to restore what has been destroyed. So that we may serve you better in harmony and peace with nature. Amen.

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