A Year of Prayers: St. Francis, Protector of the Environment

About this Blog for the SUV Calss of 2016

Following a schedule initiated in April 2015, weekly posts on this blog highlight the prayer/intention of every student in the SUV 7th grade class. Prayers and intercessions are original works of the students. Their intentions are arranged over the course of one year to coincide with the feast days of their Patron Saints (chosen in the sacrament of Confirmation). Other intentions appeal to Guardian Angels or are especially fitting on special days of recognition, as indexed in the label column to the right of the blog page.

Prayers are posted here so that they can be observed remotely with intent to grow as a spiritual community through the power of collective thought.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

St. Francis, Protector of the Environment

Source: Franciscan Vocation Ministry

Dear St. Francis,

Please help us to be more like you in our daily lives, and to always try to make the right decision. Help us to also be more loving and caring to our families, friends, and homeless. I ask this in your name, Amen.

                                                         Daniel

Earth Day is April 22.  On this day, it is fitting that we remember St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of Ecology, who loved and cared for nature and all of the earthly wonders that God gave us.

"The current situation of our planet threatens the well-being and survival not just of ourselves, but of all future generations on the planet. As such, it is the premier moral issue of our time and one that needs to be taken up by all people, in the United States and around the world, while there is still time to prevent total disaster. We ignore this issue at our own peril and at the world’s, for God will judge us on how we act now in the crucial coming years."   --Br. Steve DeWitt, OFM