Let us pray......

We thank you, merciful God,
for the beauty of the earth and the sea,
for mountains, plains and rivers,
for the singing of the birds and the grace of flowers.
We thank you for all good gifts,
and pray that they may be preserved for those who come after us.
Let our thankfulness for your rich creation grow, joyfully.
Let us taste the meal you have prepared in the world to come.
We pray that we all may inherit the treasures of the holy,
and that we may live in your heavenly city,
in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord,
who lives and governs with you in the oneness of the Holy Spirit,
for ever one God, in a world without end.
Amen