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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett

Good morning.

Rise to the moment. This phrase is being used as part of a campaign by a Christian charity to raise awareness of the climate emergency. The phrase speaks deeply to me of not only rising to the day itself, but of recognising that we can only rise to the moment in front of us.

Each day is a gift, each moment an opportunity to give of ourselves to the world around us, in whichever way is best suited to our character and interests. Each day is in itself a mini pilgrimage as we experience the course of our life here on earth. Each experience will differ by continent, country, and community and each person young and older, will be affected by changes and challenges as we find ways to contribute to the well being of the earth and its people.

I was the chair of governors of a primary school whose motto is: 鈥渓earning to make the world a better place in faith, hope and love鈥�. Some thought it was too simple. However, we quickly found out that our blessing of students from all over the world and from very different life circumstances meant that the motto was pitched just right.

Each child, family and staff member could work out what was the level that they could engage with in their response to improving the world around them. What we learnt was that no one size fits all, we need to work with people on their level and that all contributions to bring about change are welcome. A better way is possible when we work together to tackle the inequalities that have led to this climate crisis.

I pray that we will recognise that a change needs to come. As the day rises to meet the sun, will you rise to the moment.
Loving God, help us to see the moments into which we can rise to make a difference.

Amen.