Voyager pictured Earth as "a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam"
Song of St Francis os Assisi
Most High, all powerful, good Lord, to you be praise, glory, honor and all blessing. Only to you, Most High, do they belong and no one is worthy to call upon you name.
May you be praised, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially brother sun, through whom you lighten the day for us. He is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; he signifies you, O Most High.
Be praised, my Lord, for sister moon and the stars: clear and precious and lovely, they are formed in heaven.
Be praised, my Lord, for brother wind; for air and clouds, clear skies and all weathers, by which you give sustenance to your creatures.
Be praised, my Lord, for sister water, who is very useful and humble and precious and pure. Be praised, my Lord, for brother fire, by whom the night is illumined for us: he is beautiful and cheerful, full of power and strength.
Be praised, my Lord, for our sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us and produces diverse fruits and coloured flowers and grass.
Be praised, my Lord, by all those who forgive for love of you and who bear weakness and tribulation. Blessed are this who bear them in peace: for you, Most High, they will be crowned.
Be praised, my Lord, for our sister, the death of the body, from which no one living is able to flee; woe to those who are dying in mortal sin.
Blessed are those who are found doing your most holy will, for the second death will do them no harm.
Praise and bless my Lord and give him thanks and serve him with great humility.
Season of Creation 2025
September 1—October 4
Links
Anglican-Orthodox The Canterbury Statement. Stewards of Creation: A Hope-filled Ecology (2020)
Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father Francis on Care for Our Common Home
Episcopal Season of Creation 2025
Homilies and Community Discussion
15th Sunday after Pentecost/Feast of the Indiction/1st Sunday in the Season of Creation.
16th Sunday after Pentecost - Discussion notes.
18th Sunday after Pentecost - Homily and discussion notes
Documentaries, Videos, and Podcasts
Omnivore - “We are what we eat.” (AppleTV). Our food consumption is inextricably bound to our environment, worldwide economics, and our social ordering.
The Bolder Boulding - a podcast on Ecological Economics.
Books
Carl Braxton and Robert Jensen, The Last Things: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Eschatology.
Kallistos Ware, Orthodoxy and Animals.