A Prayer for May

A Prayer for May  From Julian of Norwich

There is a treasure in the earth. Be a gardener. Dig a ditch. Toil and sweat. Turn the earth upside down, and seek the deepness. 

Continue in this labor, [then] take this food… And carry it to God and to your neighbor as your true worship.

In God’s being is Nature; God is the true Father and Mother of Nature,  and all are made to flow out of God to work the divine will. Nature and God  are in harmony with one another. For Grace is God as Nature is God.

Neither Nature nor Grace works without the other. Let us never forget our debts to both Nature and Grace.

And My prayerful response:

Our Father/Mother/Spirit God;

You who are the Creator, Provider, Sustainer of Humanity and the Natural World, we offer our praise for the beauty of the earth, and all that is nature that surrounds us.

We affirm that both Nature and Grace are our gifts from the Creation, and that we are to be the willing and grateful stewards.

As we respect our bodies, we respect the animals and all that lives alongside us and that shares this planet with us.

May we never act in arrogance, but always seek to live in balance, in praise, and in peace. 

AMEN