September 1: World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

United with the Orthodox churches, the Roman Catholic church now marks this day in the calendar in a particular way, as the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation.  Pope Francis’s message for today invites us to “show mercy to our common home.”  I wonder what shape that will take in our lives and the lives of our worshiping communities?

Teresa Berger

Teresa Berger is Professor of Liturgical Studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School in New Haven, CT, USA, where she also serves as the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology. She holds doctorates in both theology and in liturgical studies. Recent publications include an edited volume, Full of Your Glory: Liturgy, Cosmos, Creation (2019), and a monograph titled @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (2018). Earlier publications include Gender Differences and the Making of Liturgical History (2011), Fragments of Real Presence (2005), and a video documentary, Worship in Women’s Hands (2007).

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  1. Jim Pauwels

    I believe today is a ferial day on the liturgical calendar? What prayer options would be appropriate for today to mark mercy and care for creation?

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