O God, we thank you for this earth, our home; For the wide sky and the blessed sun, For the salt sea and the running water, For the everlasting hills And the never-resting winds, For trees and the common grass underfoot. We thank you for our senses By which we hear the songs of birds, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":734,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;<\/span>
For the wide sky and the blessed sun,<\/span>
For the salt sea and the running water,<\/span>
For the everlasting hills<\/span>
And the never-resting winds,<\/span>
For trees and the common grass underfoot.<\/span>
We thank you for our senses<\/span>
By which we hear the songs of birds,<\/span>
And see the splendor of the summer fields,<\/span>
And taste of the autumn fruits,<\/span>
And rejoice in the feel of the snow,<\/span>
And smell the breath of the spring.<\/span>
Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty;<\/span>
And save our souls from being so blind<\/span>
That we pass unseeing<\/span>
When even the common thornbush<\/span>
Is aflame with your glory,<\/span>
O God our creator,<\/span>
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.
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