Dear Roger,

As the year closes, we reflect on all of the trials and triumphs over the year.

With COVID-19 and variants and natural disasters and the effects of the climate and ecological crises, we continue to be in trying times.

We want you to know that we see you, we pray for you, and we hope you feel connected to the Laudato Si’ Movement as we work in unity to create a better future.

While there have been, and continue to be, some dark days, we want to take a moment to share some times of light and hope from this past year and, as we do at LSM during this time of year, we encourage you to read the Prayer for Our Earth as you reflect.

A Prayer For Our Earth
By Pope Francis

All-powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.

Laudato Si’ Animator Juliana Almeida of Brazil; Laudato Si’ Animator Michele Costa of Italy; Laudato Si’ Animator Elizabeth Baquita Bosco Ximenes of Timor Leste

Pour out upon us the power of your love,
that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live
as brothers and sisters, harming no one.

O God of the poor,
help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this Earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives,
that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.

Pope Francis receives an Abraham’s tent to start the 2021 Season of Creation. Photo credit: Vatican News.

Touch the hearts
of those who look only for gain
at the expense of the poor and the Earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.

My daughter, Isabella, and I at the big climate march ahead of the G20. I fight to provide her a better future.

We thank you for being with us each day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle
for justice, love and peace.

Pope Francis published this prayer in Laudato Si’, and is meant for sharing with all who believe in our Creator God.

We hope that this prayer guides you in your actions as much as it guides us in our work at LSM.

We have a big year ahead for our common home, humanity, and as we continue to navigate the many obstacles and crises impacting our lives – COVID-19, climate, ecological, and many more.

Please keep LSM and all of our community partners, Laudato Si’ Animators, and Member Organizations who are fighting for climate justice in your prayers in the coming year. 

We ask, if you are able to, to please consider making a donation to support LSM and our 2022 plans – filled with moments of light and hope – for all of us and our common home.

The below media partners help Laudato Si' Movement spread Pope Francis' hopeful and urgent message in Laudato Si'. We greatly appreciate their support and help in spreading the good news, but we are not responsible for their editorial stances and do not necessarily agree with their opinions. Thank you.