Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

On 1st September we celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Its theme of  ‘seeds of peace and hope’  links to the theme for the  Season of Creation  (‘peace with creation’) in which we are also invited to participate.

In his message for the Day of Prayer. Pope Leo XIV notes:

‘In Christ, we too are seeds, and indeed, “seeds of peace and hope.” The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Spirit of God can make an arid and parched desert into a garden, a place of rest and serenity. In his words, “a spirit from on high will be poured out on us, and the wilderness will become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field a forest. Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. The work of righteousness will be peace, and the work of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places” (Is 32:15-18).

‘These words of the prophet …..remind us that, together with prayer, determination and concrete actions are necessary if this “caress of God” is to become visible to our world (cf. Laudato Si’, 84).

‘…By working with love and perseverance, we can sow many seeds of justice and thus contribute to the growth of peace and the renewal of hope.’