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

Good morning

At this time of year the light of dawn is still very faint, and it鈥檚 been raining heavily. From my childhood days growing up in Barbados I have always loved the sound of the rain beating on the roof tops, and the smell in the air as the falling raindrops stir up the soil and release a wonderful aroma of earth, plants, and grass.

Today, I allowed myself to snuggle down for a few more minutes before starting out on my days activities, but I was reminded of the young people from a group called the Young Christian Climate Network, who will be on the road already perhaps, on a relay walk through sun, wind and rain, from Cornwall in the south of England to Glasgow in Scotland to draw attention to the environmental and climate change needs of this country and of the world, especially as we as we get closer to COP26.

Many of us in this country used to think of climate change as a problem happening somewhere else. Perhaps out of sight and out of mind. These young people are walking to remind us of the interconnectedness of our world, and the fact that choices we make about fast food and fast fashion can affect the present and long term livelihoods of people around the globe in climate vulnerable countries.

I鈥檓 thankful that young people have taken up the baton of climate justice, because for years too many most of us just didn鈥檛 get the link between our actions and the deterioration of the planet, of the air around us, the rivers and the seas, and the degradation of the land.

Loving God, we thank you for the outpouring of your Spirit on our young people, that they have visions of a better world. As the sun rises to meet the day, so help us to rise to this moment.

Amen