Beatitudes for Earth Day

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Nikki Lukkarinen – Earth with Moon

Friday, April 22 is Earth Day! May we bestow this earth will blessings! Join me and my dear friend Nya Abernathy of The Dignity Effect on Friday at 12:30PM Central (1:30 Eastern) for an Instagram Live (@blackcoffeewithwhitefriends) to celebrate all of creation throughout the heavens and the earth.

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BEATITUDES FOR EARTH DAY

By Reverend Richard S. Gilbert 

Blessed are the heavens,
for they declare the power of creation.

Blessed is the earth, our beloved home,
for she is a planet of plenitude.

Blessed are the waters thereon,
for they gave rise to living things.

Blessed is the land,
for it is the source of life abundant.

Blessed is the air we breathe,
for it fires us to life and love.

Blessed are the beasts of the field,
for they are glorious to behold.

Blessed are the birds of the air,
for they carve a graceful arc in the sky.

Blessed are the mountains and the seas and the valleys,
for their variety makes rich our habitat.

Blessed are the fields of grain, the orchards of fruit,
for they give sustenance, asking nothing in return.

Blessed are the dwellers on earth,
for they cherish the privilege of living upon it.

Blessed are they who protect the earth and all her creatures,
from the plants of the field to the trees of the forest,
for their reward shall be harmony with the web of existence.

Rejoice, and be glad,
for the earth and her people are one.

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DOXOLOGY

Adapted from For the Beauty of the Earth by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint

For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild,
For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.

Amen