St. Thomas Law's Graduate Program in Human Rights, directed by Professor Roza Pati sponsored the event at The Chapel of St. Anthony at St. Thomas University.
Students, faculty and administrators attended the hour-long prayer and adoration.
A Reflection On the World Day
of Prayer
by Diana M. Barroso- Dueñas, Law School
We all together!
O God of the poor,
Recognize that we are profoundly united with every
creature as we journey towards your infinite
Light.
Day and night!
During A World Day of Prayer for the Care of
Creation,
All-powerful God
You are present in the whole universe and in the
smallest
Of your creatures. O Lord, we pray in our struggle
For justice, love and peace.
Pour out upon us the power of your love to
Respect
And care for your creation. O Lord,
You embrace with your tenderness all that
Exists!
Reminding us that each day we have a new opportunity
to stand together against all threats to life.
Fill us with peace, O Lord that we may live as
brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O Lord, bless all of your creatures as a sign of your
wondrous love, and we will
Reverence all that you have created for us.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing and how
to
Heal your creation over and over.
Encourage us O Lord; we have come to protect your
creation.
Come to discover some new beauty every day in God's
creation,
Amazing flowers and trees,
Rainbows in the sky,
Everything was created for us,
On care for our common home.
Full of magic!
Come to listen to the "music of the
universe"
Raindrops pattering the roof, water flowing over rocks,
Earth sustains us
And keeps us
To be filled with awe and contemplation.
I ask you
O Lord, to
help us to end the suffering of the poor and bring the healing we
Need for all of your creation.
“The human
person grows more, matures more and is sanctified more to the extent that he or
she enters into relationships, going out from themselves to live in communion
with God, with others and with all creatures.” (Laudato Si’: 240)
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