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prepared by Phillip Hadley

Opening Song: See suggestions on final page*

Leader: Loving God, we remember Loving God, we remember that Jesus taught us to pray saying, “Our Father.”Response: You created us, you made this world, and you called your creation very good. Yet often we forget that you are our loving Parent who continues to bless your world.

Leader: Jesus told us that you are “in heaven.”Response: Yet we fail to live in awe of you. We take you for granted, and we don’t see the awesome beauty of the world you have made.

Leader: We pray, “Hallowed be your name.”Response: We confess that our reverence for you does not always lead us to care reverently for your earth, sky and sea.

Leader: We pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”Response: We confess that we often put our own interests first - exploiting your creation, and living for our own convenience and self-interest.

Leader: We pray, “Give us today our daily bread.”Response: We confess that we consume more than our share of the world’s resources, while billions go hungry every day and your whole creation suffers.

Leader: We pray, “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”Response: We confess that we see these words only in spiritual terms, while the Bible is filled with teachings about economic justice and creation care.

Rosary of Creation

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Leader: We pray, “Save us from the time of trial.”Response: Help us to resist the temptations of spending more, using more, acquiring more, and wasting more.

Leader: We pray, “Deliver us from evil.”Response: Free us from greed and self-centeredness that separate us from you and others.

Leader: We pray, “For the kingdom, the We pray, “For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever.”Response: Help us to know that in caring for your wonderful world, we are working for your kingdom, being good stewards kingdom, being good stewards of your creative power, and giving you glory.

Leader: We pray, “Amen.”Response: We end our prayers with “Amen,” a word that means “let it be so.” We know we can be faithful disciples by your grace. Amen!

Chaplet Intentions:

First Chaplet: OceanOcean refers to the mass of waters that cover two thirds of Earth’s surface, the swirling seas and the watery deeps where myriads of species live, many of which are still undiscovered. The ocean is a world of mystery and beauty, of fascinating depths and spectacular life forms. The ocean is that vast domain many of our ancestors crossed to reach all parts of planet Earth. And the waters of the oceans are ultimately the waters of life for all the planet.

Leader: The Lord is with you.Response: And with all creation.

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On each of the 10 beads pray:Leader: Praise the Lord from the earth, Response: you great sea creatures and all ocean depths. (Psalm 148:7)

After the tenth invocation add:Leader: Holy Creator! Holy Redeemer! Holy Giver of Life! Response: Earth is filled with your presence.

Together: Glory to you Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen

Second Chaplet: FaunaFauna refers to the all the living species on planet Earth—in the wild, in our lives and in our soils. In Genesis One, all living species emerge from Earth who is their common mother. In Genesis Two, the first human and all animals are created from clay and the breath of God. In Job 39, the kingdom of the wild is God’s special concern, no matter how remote or mysterious.

Leader: The Lord is with you.Response: And with all creation.

On each of the 10 beads pray:Leader: Animals wild and tame, Response: all bless the Lord. (Daniel 3:81)

After the tenth invocation add:Leader: Holy Creator! Holy Redeemer! Holy Giver of Life! Response: Earth is filled with your presence.

Together: Glory to you Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen

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Third Chaplet: StormStorm refers to the world of the weather, the gales, the lightning, the winds, the cyclones, the hurricanes, the downpours and the flash floods. Storm means both nature in the raw and the weather we need to renew our planet. Storms may be events that frighten us, but they are also events that we celebrate in the weather cycle that sustains Earth as a living planet.

Leader: The Lord is with you.Response: And with all creation.

On each of the 10 beads pray:Leader: Storm clouds and thunderbolts, Response: glorify the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him forever. glorify the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him forever. glorify the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him forever. glorify the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him forever. (Daniel 3:73)

After the tenth invocation add:Leader: Holy Creator! Holy Redeemer! Holy Giver of Life! Response: Earth is filled with your presence.

Together: Glory to you Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen

Fourth Chaplet: CosmosCosmos refers to the entire universe, every dimension of time and space, spiritual and material. The cosmos is both the glittering galaxies that humans have begun to explore as well as distant domains far beyond our imagination. In addition, there are unknown domains deep within each minute molecule we have yet to comprehend. All creation is one sacred cosmos, a spiritual universe filled with God’s presence.

Leader: The Lord is with you.Response: And with all creation.

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On each of the 10 beads pray:Leader: O God of all creation! Response: Let the cosmos praise your wonderful ways. (Psalm 89:5)

After the tenth invocation add:Leader: Holy Creator! Holy Redeemer! Holy Giver of Life! Response: Earth is filled with your presence.

Together: Glory to you Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen

Fifth Chaplet: Francis of AssisiSt Francis was friend to all creatures. In many places the Feast of Francis, 4th October, is a time for people to bring all variety of living creatures to places of worship to receive blessing, whether they be animals, such as cats and dogs, or birds, reptiles and fish, domesticated or wild. Through this blessing we are reminded that in all creation God is present.

Leader: The Lord is with you.Response: And with all creation.

On each of the 10 beads pray:Leader: The heavens tell the glory of God, Response: all creation shouts for joy. (cf. Canticle of the Sun – Francis of Assisi)

After the tenth invocation add:Leader: Holy Creator! Holy Redeemer! Holy Giver of Life! Response: Earth is filled with your presence.

Together: Glory to you Source of all being, Eternal Word and Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen

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Concluding Prayers:

Benedicte Aotearoa (A New Zealand Prayerbook**)Side 1: O give thanks to our God who is good: Whose love endures forever.Side 2: You sun and moon; you stars of the southern sky:You sun and moon; you stars of the southern sky: Give to our God your thanks and praise Sunrise and sunset, night and day: Give to our God your thanks and praise All mountains and valleys, grassland and scree, glacier, avalanche, mist and snow Give to our God your thanks and praise You kauri and pine, rata and kowhai, mosses and ferns: Give to our God your thanks and praise Dolphins and kahawai, sealion and crab, coral, anemone, pipi and shrimp: Give to our God your thanks and praise You Maori and Pakeha, women and men, all who inhabit the land of the long white cloud Give to our God your thanks and praise All you saints and martyrs of the South Pacific:

Together: Give to our God your thanks and praise.

Marian Anthem:Hail, Queen of Heav’n, the Ocean star,Guide of the wand’rer here below,Thrown on life’s surge, we claim your care:Save us from peril and from woeMother of Christ, Star of the SeaPray for the wand’rer, pray for me.

* Hymn suggestions:Cosmic Hymn of Praise, Michael Mangan, Setting Hearts on Fire 2001; All Creatures of Our God and King, attributed to Francis of Assisi, Gather Australia 395; Canticle of the Sun,Marty Haugen, GA 394; As Gentle as Silence, Estelle White, GA 470; **Acknowledgement: The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia