Category: Prayers

Loving God, we remember that Jesus taught us to pray saying, “Our Father”. You created us, You made this world, and You called Your creation very good. Yet often we forget that You are our loving parent who continues to bless Your world.

Jesus told us that You are “in heaven”, yet we fail to live in awe of You. We take You for granted, and we don’t see the awesome beauty of the world You have made.

We pray, “Hallowed be Your name.” We confess that our reverence for You does not always lead us to care reverently for Your earth, sky and sea.

We pray, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” We confess that we often put our own interests. First, exploiting Your creation and living for our own convenience and self-interest.

We pray, “Give us today our daily bread.” We confess that we consume more than our share of the world’s resources, while billions go hungry every day and Your whole creation suffers.

We pray, “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” We confess that we see these words only in spiritual terms while the Bible is filled with teachings about economic justice and creation care.

We pray, “Save us from the time of trial.” Help us to resist the temptations of spending more, using more, acquiring more, and wasting more.

We pray, “Deliver us from evil” Free us from greed and self-centeredness that separate us from You and others.

We pray, “For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are Yours now and forever.” Help us to know that in caring for Your wonderful world, we are working for Your kingdom, being good stewards of Your creative power and giving You glory.

We pray, “Amen.” We end our prayers with “Amen,” a word that means “let it be so.” We know we can be faithful disciples by Your grace. Amen!

Almighty and everlasting God, You made the universe with all its marvelous order, its atoms, worlds, and galaxies, and the infinite complexity of living creatures. Grant that, as we probe the mysteries of Your creation, we may come to know You more truly, and more surely fulfill our role in Your eternal purpose.

In everything we do, O Lord, give us a desire to seek out the truth. Give us a willingness to heed the advice of others. Give us wisdom in reaching decisions. Give us faith to believe in our conclusions. Give us courage to put our ideas to the test. And, if we prove ourselves wrong, give us the grace to admit it.

We pray for our leaders and senior citizens, for those who teach our children and youth, and all who guide us on our faith journey. May all that we do this day, from morning until night, begin with Your inspiration and continue with Your powerful help. May our work this day be rooted in love and mercy that we might love You and love our neighbors as perfectly as You love us. Amen.

Compassionate and loving God, You created a beautiful world for us to share. Give us the desire to live simply, so that our lives show Your generosity. You made us responsible for the earth: guide us so that those who come after us may enjoy Your creation.

Merciful God, hear our prayer for a world that will respect the God-given rights of all. We dedicate ourselves to work for the rights of each human person, especially for those who find life a burden and who know the suffering of hatred, poverty and war. Help us to share the fire of Your peace with all people in all places at all times.

All powerful and ever-living God, in Your abundant love You give us more than we deserve and more than we ask for. Grant us Your mercy in great measure. Forgive us when we have gone against our conscience and give us what we dare not even pray for.

Father, You are creator of the universe and author of all that surrounds our lives. Send us Your Spirit of wisdom as we teach the young. Let our efforts lead us to a deeper knowledge of You, of Your people and of Your world. May we find You, our Creator and Lord, our God and Savior, in all things, Father, Son and Spirit. Amen.

Dear Lord, Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth.
Please bless this conference and all its participants.
Guide us with Your goodness and mercy.
Give us the resolve and commitment to protect Your creation.
Grant us the courage to do Your will and enhance the environment.
Make us instruments of Your will.
Give us the courage and the wisdom to combat climate change,
which is killing us all and Your creation.

Thank You for the air, forest and water.
Thank You for the sun and the moon and all the biodiversity.
Thank You for the forest and oceans and its biodiversity
For they sustain life and sequester the carbon dioxide.

Thank You for the ecology You have given us.
We vow to be guardians of Your creation.
Forgive us for destroying Your creation, for logging Your forest,
for polluting Your oceans, and killing Your species.

Bless us with the light and show us the way to do Your will in peace
and save Your creation.
Bless us all and shower us with the love and courage needed to protect
Your people and planet.
Thank you dear Lord for all of Your blessings.

Amen.

Almighty God & Father, we praise You and we thank You for the many blessings You have given us. With Your might, You created the earth and enriched it with Your providence. You have given us the earth to cultivate, so that we may gather its fruits to sustain life.

Grant us O Lord, wisdom so that we in government can guide our people in recognizing Your gifts and making good and proper use of these gifts, as well as protecting them from abuse. May we, also in government, be guided in our efforts to strike a balance in providing the needs, safety and welfare of our people in a reasonable, affordable and sustainable manner.

May You instill in everyone’s heart and mind that we just borrowed this earth from the next generation, so that our thoughts and actions will always be geared towards its conservation – that conservation is not doing without but doing well.

Lord, even as our country’s emissions has minimal impact to global warming, and in fact, the Philippines is among the most vulnerable countries to climate change, we ask for enlightenment, so that in our own small way we can still contribute to saving and preserving our dear mother earth.

As we thank God for His bounty, let us learn also as the Gospel teaches, to seek first God’s way of holiness then all we need will be given us besides.

May God, the source of every good, forgive us for our shortcomings and failures, and continuously bless us and give success to our work, so that we may receive the joy of His gifts and praise His name now and forever.
This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord, help us to maintain a reverend attitude towards nature, threatened from all sides today, in such a way that we may restore it completely to the condition of brother/sister and to its role of usefulness to all humankind for the glory of God the Creator.

May the waters flow peacefully; May the herbs and plants grow peacefully; May all the divine powers bring unto us peace. May the rain come down in the proper time; May the earth yield plenty of crops; May the country be free from war; The supreme Lord is peace.

Through the silence of nature I attain Thy divine peace. Oh sublime nature, in thy stillness let my heart rest. Thou art patiently awaiting the moment to manifest through the silence of sublime nature. Oh nature sublime, speak to me through silence for I am awaiting in silence like you the call of God. Oh nature sublime, through thy silence I hear thy cry. My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.

O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, our brothers, the animals to whom you have given the earth as their home in common with us.

Peace to all!

Praise belongs to Allah who created the heavens and the earth and appointed darkness and light…

Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. Light upon Light. Allah guides to His Light whoever He wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind and Allah has knowledge of all things.

It is Allah who created the heavens with no support; It is He who sends out the winds, bringing advance news of His mercy, so that when the heavy clouds have been lifted up, Allah dispatch them to a dead land and send down water to it, by means of which Allah bring forth all kinds of fruit. When He makes it fall on those of His servants He wills, they rejoice; it is Allah who sends down water in due measure from the sky that bring a dead land back to life.

Glory be to Him who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them. It is He who made the earth a cradle for you and threaded pathways for you through it and sent down water from the sky by which diverse pairs of plants are brought forth.

Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him.

He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through.

Allah is the Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, “Be!” and it is. Only in the remembrance of Allah can the heart find peace.”

Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, Allah will give them a good life and they will be recompensed according to the best of what they did.

Sa ngalan ng Ama, ng Diyos at ng Espirito Santo. Mapagmahal na Ama, di namin masukat ang iyong pagmamahal sa buong sangnilikha. Magmula sa mga damo hanggang sa napaka-komplikadong katawan ng mga may buhay. Nakakamangha ang iyong mga ginawa. Salamat din sa Pilipinas na para bagang mga perlas na mudmud mo sa dagat, Mayaman sa isda, punong-puno ng biodiversity ang kabundukan at kinakainggitan ang mga mineral sa ilalim ng lupa.

Nakakalungkot lamang mahal na Ama, na sa gitna ng kayamanan na regalo mo naranasan at nararanasan namin ang malagim ng kasaysayan na bunga ng pag-aangkin ng Inang Kalikasan na naging dahilan na rin ng walang habas na pagkasira ng kalikasan. Gutom ang nararanasan ng nakakaraming Pilipino sa gitna ng nauubos na kalikasan ang dapat na para sa lahat ay naging swimming pool ng iilan.

Ganoon pa man ay pinadala mo ang tagapag-ligtas na si Hesus sa pamamagitan ni Pope Francis na siyang naghamon na ayusin namin ang mga balangkas ng kawalan ng pagkaka-pantay-pantay sa matinding panganib ng global warming. Pinapukaw niya ang diwa ng pagka-habag at katarungan para sa mga dukha at para sa kalikasan. Lahat po kami ay nagkasala, sa direktang maka-sariling paggamit ng kalikasan at kahit na global warming na ngayon, di nakikisangkot kaya’t business as usual pa ang ugali namin.

Pasiglahin ninyo po kami ng Espiritu ni Hesus, sa amin na buong tapang na nawagan ng pagbabalik loob sa Kanya. Ecological conversion ang susi sa kinabukasan. Nawa’y patuloy mo kaming liwanagan, maging mapagtuklas ng mga alternatibong pamamaraan para makumpuni ang nasisirang kalikasan.

Nawa’y patapangin kami ng krus ni Hesus na huwag aatras sa pagtatanggol ng kalikasan. Nawa’y pagkalooban kami ng pag-asa na sa Kanyang muling pagkabuhay, magtatagumpay ang Dyos sa kasakiman at kasinungalingan, sa kapangyarihan ng mahal na Ama. Makakayanan naming talikuran ang kasalanan at iaalay namin ang aming sarili sa pagtatayo ng bagong langit at bagong lupa. Amen.