Praying With Creation

Often it can be difficult to visibly see or feel hope in our midst. That is where this year's season theme — "to hope and act with creation" — might be instructive. 

While knowing how to act with creation can be clear for some, for others knowing the right thing to do can be fuzzy. Our invitation this week: listening in the silence of creation. What unexpected message will we hear?

This week, our prayer invitation will shift: to attune to the sorrow of the Earth. We are invited to listen to the cry of creation and connect to our own sorrow for our role in the environmental crisis.

"Let's be open to surprises together," writes Christina Leaño, "to see how noticing what is in motion allows us to see God's motion taking place and invites us deeper into our ecological conversion." 

As the annual Season of Creation begins, Christina Leaño invites you to go on a spiritually guided nature therapy walk with her, whether in the woods or from your phone.