Advocacy? Creation-centered rituals? Hikes? Land restoration?

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CJC Lenten booklet (pdf)
"Good News for Columbia River Salmon" (pdf)
"Alternates to Single Use Plastic" (pdf)
"The Big Plastic Game Plan" (pdf)

EASTER SUNDAY APRIL 5, 2026

Triduum Laudato Si’ Action Platform Goal: Ecological Spirituality. Celebrate this sacred day! Praise God for the privilege and gift of living on the Earth at this time so we can “discover God in all things.” May our Joy, Gratitude, and Love of Creation bring all of us together in peace and harmony to learn how to become true stewards of the Earth. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life." John 6:13

PRAYERS for Easter
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
AMEN.

A Prayer for the Earth by Pope Francis
All powerful God,
you are present in the universe and in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may protect life and beauty.
Fill us with your peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters, harming no one.
O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this earth,
so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the expense of the poor and the earth. Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are profoundly united with every creature as we journey towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us each day. Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle, for justice, love and peace. AMEN.

COMMUNITY AND CREATION CARE
Two contemplations from “Laudato Si”
God has written a precious book, “whose letters are the multitude of created things present in the universe.” No creature is excluded from this manifestation of God: “From panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe. It is also a continuing revelation of the divine.” (LS 85)

“God, who calls us to generous commitment and to give him our all, offers us the light and the strength needed to continue on our way. In the heart of this world, the Lord of life, who loves us so much, is always present. He does not abandon us, he does not leave us alone, for he has united himself definitively to our earth, and his love constantly impels us to find new ways forward.vPraise be to him!” (LS 245)

In creating this Lenten guide, the St. Joseph Climate Justice Committee has drawn material from:
The Edgewood College SEASON OF LENT: LAUDATO SI’ REFLECTIONS (2025).
https://www.edgewood.edu/wp-content/uploads/Lent-Reflections-2025.pdf