PRAYER

Praise for the second month As the year turns And the light changes The summer shortening of days

Praise for the turning of the seasons For bairns and buckets And puddling and guddling in burns The holding and holidaying days

Praise for the greening of creation For fullness and fruiting And grain goldening in sunlight The watching and waiting days

Forgiveness for the soiling of the land For wanton-ness and wasting And seas suffering in silence The warming and worrying days

Forgiveness for the darkening of skies For destruction and devastation And panicked peoples in flight The desperate and despairing days

Thanksgiving for the seedlings of hope For welcome and kindliness And hands and hearts in solidarity The healing and helping days

Praise O Creator For creatures who care For workers in the harvest For warmth and willingness For chances to change For love to lead In the power of the Spirit.

Amen.