The Season of Creation is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together.
The season starts today (1st September), the Day of Prayer for Creation, and ends 4th October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology.
Throughout the month-long celebration, the world’s 2.2 billion Christians come together to care for our common home.
Living Water
The Biblical text for this year is drawn from Ezekiel 47: 1- 12, which portrays God’s life-giving water flowing from the temple of God. The river grows deeper and deeper restoring barren land, reviving waters and sustaining flourishing ecosystems.
The vision invites human responsibility: recognising ecological damage, embracing interconnectedness, we are called to immerse ourselves in the water, and actively safeguarding and working for the renewal of creation so that environmental healing and human well-being may flourish together.
Bishop Stephen reflects on his time in Zimbabwe where he saw the ‘importance and value of water‘ and he asks us to embrace our role as stewards of God’s creation.