We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and the victims of
natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will care for the world in which we live.

Good Father, the cry of the earth strikes
in the Heart of your Son Jesus,
and cries out to us “I want mercy
and not sacrifices.”

Our Common Home implores us to a bold
and a radical change in our way of life.
We need courage and a holy indignation
to commit ourselves
to a cultural change that welcomes the cry
of the earth and the poor.

We need the fire of your Holy Spirit
to burn in our hearts,
contemplate and give thanks,
welcome, and care so that we may all feel
as one in you.

May our gestures of love and care for everyone
and everything
rise to You as a universal prayer of adoration,
of thanksgiving and forgiveness.

May our daily living reflect a temperate
and a modest lifestyle that moderates how excessively greedy we tend to be
to be with the world and each other.

May we embrace this cry for help,
transforming it with our decisions into a loving and consoling
melody.

Amen.

World Council of Churches