A Lenten prayer for Creation
God, all of created life is groaning, waiting for the future God has prepared for us.
We hope for the day on which all you have made will be rescued from death and decay.
We wait for the redemption of our bodies and the restoration of our world.
God in this season of hope and promise, bless the earth rich and fertile with life.
God in this season of planting and growth, bless the seed we plant and nurture.
As it falls into the ground to grow, may we remember your body broken for us.
God as we sprinkle our gardens with the water that gives life,
May we remember lands that are parched and those that are flooded.
May we remember, Christ, that your life blood was poured out for us.
You were hung upon a tree and crucified
So that together with all your creation we might be liberated into freedom.
As we watch for the first sprouts of new creation
We remember your resurrection promise:
A new world is breaking into ours with abundance and wholeness.
Christ we wait for your resurrection life to be seen in its fullness.
May your healing be revealed in our bodies,
May your healing power be seen throughout the earth,
May we all participate together in the coming of a new heaven and a new earth.
Christine Sine