Oh God, we rejoice in Your creation and in how You have honored Your creatures by giving them life and by giving each a place and a purpose and intrinsic value in Your world. We rejoice also in the natural beauty of Your world and see in this beauty a foretaste of Heaven. We beseech You to not be overly angry with us for having done harm to all that You have given to us. Forgive us, God, for the suffering that we have brought to the world that You have given us as stewards. Inspire us to love and be one with Your creation, and may we treat all of Your creation with gentleness, reverence, and respect. May we follow the examples of Your saints Francis and Seraphim in befriending the animals. God, renew, restore, bless, and sanctify all that You have made, and may nothing and no one be lost. May Your king come and may Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
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