今日 4 月 22 日是世界地球日。
主啊，憐憫我們：
因我們得罪了祢。為我們縱情於食慾和偏行己路，
及無節制追求物慾和享受；
為我們日常生活和工作之不誠實，
對祢的恩賜缺感謝之心，
和漠視祢的呼召；
為我們對世人需要和受苦視若無睹，
及對世上不公平和殘暴無動於衷；
為我們浪費和濫用祢的創造，
及漠不關心後代之福祉；主啊，憐憫我們：
出自《公禱書》(2019) 塗灰日悔罪啟應禱文
因我們得罪了祢。
讓我們拒絕以現代社會的方便、快捷、慳錢為我們所崇拜的核心價值。讓我們學習愛護上帝的創造，履行人類管理大地的使命。阿們。
Today April 22nd is Earth Day.
Lord, have mercy upon us:
For we have sinned against you.For our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our intemperate pursuit of worldly goods and comforts;
For our dishonesty in daily life and work, our ingratitude for your gifts, and our failure to heed your call.
For our blindness to human need and suffering, and our indifference to injustice and cruelty;
For our wastefulness and misuse of your creation, and our lack of concern for those who come after us;Lord, have mercy upon us:
From the 2019 Book of Common Prayer Ash Wednesday Litany of Penitence.
For we have sinned against you.
Let us reject modern society’s idolatry of convenience, expeditiousness, and cost-savings as our core values. Let us learn how to take good care of God’s creation, which He made us humans to be good stewards of. Amen.