O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;

                              O God, we thank you for this earth, our home;

                              For the wide sky and the blessed sun.

                              For the salt sea and the running water,

                              For the everlasting hills

                               And the never-resting winds.

                              For trees and the common grass underfoot.

                              We thank you for our senses

                              By which we hear the songs of birds,

                              And see the splendor of the summer fields.

                               And taste of the autumn fruits.

                               And rejoice in the feel of the snow.

                               And smell the breath of the spring.

                              Grant us a heart wide open to all this beauty;

                               And save our souls from being so blind

                              That we pass unseeing

                              When even the common thornbush

                              is aflame with your glory.

                              O God our creator.

                              Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

                              Amen.

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