Kathie Davey sent us this report:
We have had rather low-key celebrations of the Season of Creation this year partly because we had only recently been stunned by the sudden death of Justin Kilcullen who was co-founder and chairman of SAGE (Shankill Action for a Green Earth).
We did, however, have weekly paragraphs in the parish newsletter highlighting how our actions (large and small) and lifestyles affect our world together with special prayers for climate justice and biodiversity concerns and lively hymns with similar messages.
The weekend on which we received the candle, at each Mass we processed it up to the altar with the hymn The Light of Christ has come into the world.
Here are the words we used in the procession of the candle at the Masses on Sunday, 29th Sept, 2024:
Response : The Light of Christ has come into the world
The Light of Christ has come into the world.
All of us must be born again
To see the Kingdom of God
That all Creation is His work
And we are here to cherish it
Response The Light of Christ……
God has given all that’s good
And we must share with each other.
If one takes more that leaves others less
And we’re really not one family.
Response. The Light of Christ ….
May this light show us how to live
In harmony with nature
And living simply all may find
True peace and togetherness.
Response, The Light of Christ has come into the world,
The Light of Christ has come into the world.
Thanks again for this opportunity to focus on our responsibility to look after God’s beautiful gift, our world.
