O gracious God,
Give us hearts to understand;
never to take from creation's beauty
more than we give;
never to destroy wantonly
for furtherance of greed;
never to deny to give our hands
for the building of earth's beauty;
never to take from her
what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand
that to destroy earth's music
is to create confusion;
that to wreck her appearance
is to blind us to beauty;
that to callously pollute her fragrance
is to make a house of stench;
that as we care for her
she will care for us.
Amen