Third prayer: The Lord's Prayer
(An environmental responsive Lord’s Prayer)
Our Father who art in heaven
You are also at home in the air, soil, forests and oceans.
Hallowed be your name
By the care we take of your Creation.
Your kingdom come
All that you see is good.
Your will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven.
Your will to till and care.
Give us this day our daily bread
That all may have sufficient to live life in fullness.
Forgive us our trespasses
our greed, our exploitation, our lack of concern
for other species and for future generations.
As we forgive those who trespass against us
By reconciliation with justice and peace.
Lead us not into temptation
The temptation to equate dominion with exploitation.
And deliver us from evil
The evil of destroying your gift of creation.
For yours is the kingdom
Yours, Lord, not ours.
The power and the glory
In the cross and resurrection.
For ever and ever
You are the beginning and you are the end.
Amen.
Artwork: A Parishioner