Ever present God,

giver and sustainer of everything that has life,

maker and fulfilment of all that exists,

although we fail to respect your creation,

listen to the prayers of our heart:

We too are creatures.

Turn our hearts to your love and care for all creation.

With you we gave names to all living things.

Turn our minds to your vision of the heavens and the earth.

We live off the bounty of earth, sea and sky.

Turn our hands to your stewardship.

Through Christ, in whom all things are made and held in being,

we pray for the power of your Spirit:

to transform our words and actions,

to care more deeply for all creatures,

to save what is threatened,

to mourn what is lost,

to seek Christ in the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor,

and to give glory to your name through all creation.

Amen

(Australian Catholic Bishops Conference: Office for Justice, Ecology and Peace)