Closing prayer for the year

Tomás Insua, Executive Director of the Laudato Si' Movement has sent this message.

Pope Francis published this prayer in Laudato Si', and is meant for sharing with all who believe in our Creator God.

We hope that this prayer serves as a north star for you in the new year, guiding your heart and actions as much as it guides us in our work at the Laudato Si' Movement (LSM)

Please keep LSM and all of our members - Laudato Si' Animators, Circles, Member Organizations, and Chapters - who are fighting for climate and ecological justice in your prayers in the coming year.

We ask, if you haven't yet and are able to, to please consider making a donation to support LSM before the end of year to help us protect and care for climate and nature.

Blessings and gratitude,

A Prayer For Our Earth by Pope Francis

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe
and in the smallest of your creatures.

You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.

Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.

Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.

O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this Earth,
so precious in your eyes.

Bring healing to our lives,
that we may protect the world and not prey on it,
that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.

Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the Earth.

Teach us to discover the worth of each thing,
to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize
that we are profoundly united with every creature
as we journey towards your infinite light.

We thank you for being with us each day.

Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.

Amen.