Praying with Pope Francis for Our Common Home

Our Common Home 22 God of Inspiration, you can bring good out of the evil we have done. You can use the circumstances w e find diffic ult, to draw us into cooperation with you, our Creator God. Your Spiri t fi lls the universe with possibilities so that, from the very heart of things, something new can always emerge. May we be open to the new possibilities your Spirit brings. Amen. Based on Pope Francis’, “On Care for Our Common Home,” Laudato Si, paragraph 80 God of Truth, help us to re defin e our notions of progress; because technological and economic development which do not leave in their wake a better world, and an integrally higher quality of life, cannot be considered progress. Amen. Based on Pope Francis’, “On Care for Our Common Home,” Laudato Si, paragraph 194 God of Crisis and Opportunity, may our awareness of the gravity of today’s cultural and ecological crises be translated into new habits. Amen. Based on Pope Francis’, “On Care for Our Common Home,” Laudato Si, paragraph 209 God of the Journey, may those planning new ventures ask: How will this contribute to genuine integral development? What will it accomplish? Why? Where? When? How? For whom? What are the risks? What are the costs? Who will pay those costs and how? Guide all planner s in fin ding wise answers to all these questions. Amen. Based on Pope Francis’, “On Care for Our Common Home,” Laudato Si, paragraph 185