“May [the flowers] remind us of grace we have known in days past:
Forgiveness we have been granted, and provided.
Love, unearned and shared.
Recovery, begun and established.
Generosity, unforeseen and most sacred.”
-William Sinkford
What grace have you known in days past? How can it guide you today?
For many people, the ritual of blessing a meal with prayer asks us to practice gratitude and to notice our connections to the beings of our planet and to the sacred.
How do you express gratitude and connection before you eat?
“…may we find in this sacred hour the grace we need to love ourselves, our beloved community, and our world.” -Chris Rothbauer
What grace do you need today to love yourself, your community, and our world?
“May we go forth from this place thankful for the life that sustains and renews us, and open to the grace that surrounds and surprises us.” -Charles Howe
How have you been surrounded and surprised by grace?
Floating like a silver raft
in space, and we see the face of our planet anew.
We relish the view;
We witness its round green and brilliant blue,
Which inspires us to ask deeply, wholly:
What can we do?
Open your eyes.
Know that the future of
this wise planet
Lies right in sight:
Right in all of us. Trust
this earth uprising.
-Excerpt from Earthrise, by Amanda Gorman
How will you honor our planet, our home, our mother, the Earth today?
