Teach us, Lord, to love your world
Bless us as we work the land
You placed it all in our fragile hands
Trees and flowers, birds, beasts and man
River, sky, forest and sea
The air we breathe, the food we eat
And as we speak out
Against those who harm
Give us courage, strength and grace
To speak with love and eloquence
In honor of all Your creation
To protect the people who work in the fields
And the children who play near the growers who spray
Please enlighten the ones who don't hear your call
To love all your people of every nation
The poor ones who live so close to the earth
The rich ones who live in the land of our birth
The ones who are different from me and mine
The ones forgotten by progress and time
Stand with us, Lord, when we work to heal
The peoples and rivers and forests and seas
Let us not forget your little ones, the unborn,
Like Your little sparrows, whom You remember to feed
And we ask St. Francis to pray for us all
In Jesus' Name, Amen
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