Question for Day 1:

How can I thank God today for His creation around me?

Bible Quote for Day 1:

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

(Genesis 1:1-31)

Prayer for Day 1:

For the earth and all its richness;

For rocks, mountains and islands, signs of your power;

For fruits, nuts and berries, signs of your bounty towards us;

For wind, clouds, stars and galaxies, signs of your infinite mystery;

For birds, fish and all animals that walk on land, signs that you trust us not to abuse earth’s creature;

For varieties of language and differences in culture, signs of the wealth of gifts that we share;

For similarities between peoples and our dependence on each other, signs that we are made in your image,

We praise you Lord. Give us generous eyes, thankful hearts and

open hands so that we may praise you in all that we do.

(Angela Ashwin)

Question for Day 2:

How do my actions and words show the glory of God’s creation?

Bible Quote for Day 2:

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

(Revelation 4:11)

Prayer for Day 2:

Eternal Father, God of all creation, source of all life, may we praise you by our words and our works. Grant that we may be worthy of our place in the creation that you have given us. Through Christ our Lord, Amen   

(James Tolhurst)

Question for Day 3:

How can God’s power and mercy work through me in my interactions with others?

Bible Quote for Day 3:

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable.

(Isaiah 40:28)

Prayer for Day 3:

“Ever since God created the world, His everlasting power and deity – however invisible – have been there for mind to see in all of the things that he has made.”

(Adapted from Romans 1: 20)

Question for Day 4:

How does awe and wonder at seeing God's creation affect me?

Prayer for Day 4:

Lord, our God and king,

Your greatness is seen throughout the earth.

When I gaze at the heavens which your fingers have formed,

and look at the moon and the stars which you have set there,

I realise how small we are in the majesty of your creation.

Yet you treasure us above all that you have made,

and you give us control over all of the works of your hand:

animals both wild and tame,

birds in the air and the creatures of the sea.

Lord, our God and our King,

Your greatness is seen throughout the earth.

(Adapted from Psalm 8)

Bible Quote for Day 4:

Thank you

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything thy goodness sends. Amen

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question for Day 5:

How do I understand the wonder of God creating me out of love?

Bible Quote for Day 5:

‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.

(Jeremiah 32:17)

Prayer for Day 5:

God our Father,

amid the vastness of space

You treasure mankind and you call each of us by name.

You so love our world

that you sent Jesus, your son, to live among us.

Inspire us each day

to live in wonder and appreciation

of all that is around us,

and may your love,

surround us this day and ever.

Amen    (Nicholas Hutchinson)

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Bishop Richard Challoner

During his lifetime and after his death, he was considered not only as a model of every virtue but as a saint. We are asked to pray that our Blessed Lord, through the Pope, may reward him further, by raising him to the altars of the Church as a Saint.

Prayer for the Beatification of Bishop Richard Challoner

O God who made your servant Richard,

a true and faithful pastor of your little flock in England,

raise him, we beseech you, to the altars of thy Church,

that we, who have been taught by his word and example

may invoke his name in heaven,

for the return of our country to belief in the Gospel,

and to the unity of all Christians in the one Church of Jesus Christ.

We ask this through the same Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Bishop Richard Challoner

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