Commontide
We give you thanks, most gracious God, for the beauty of earth and sky and sea; for the richness of mountains, plains, and rivers; for the wonder of your creatures, large and small; and for all the loveliness that surrounds us. We praise you for these good gifts, and pray that we may safeguard them for our posterity. Grant that we may continue to grow in our grateful enjoyment of your abundant creation, to the honor and glory of your Name, now and for ever. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 682
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A modern thanksgiving for the beauty of creation, composed for the 1979 American Book of Common Prayer and carried into Commontide's text through the Anglican Church in North America's 2019 revision, which widened its imagery from birds and flowers to "creatures, large and small."