World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

ImageSeptember 1, 2026August 30, 2026Kristin's Crosses

[public domain] — Cross in the Forest / Cross in the Mountains, by Caspar David Friedrich, 1812

A Prayer for Our Earth
by Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ Encyclical

All-powerful God,
you are present in the whole 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 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

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Saint Rose of Lima

ImageAugust 23, 2026July 29, 2026Kristin's Crosses

“Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.”

St. Rose of Lima

Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

ImageAugust 22, 2026July 29, 2026Kristin's Crosses

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.

Revelations 12:1

“Because the virgin Mary was raised to such a lofty dignity as to be the mother of the King of kings, it is deservedly and by every right that the Church has honored her with the title of “Queen”.”

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Act of Unlimited Consecration to The Immaculate
by St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, O.F.M. Conv.

O Immaculate, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother,
to whom there has been confided by God
the whole order of Mercy:
I prostrate myself before Thee,
poor sinner that I am,
and I supplicate Thee humbly
to accept my entire being as your property and possession,
and to do with me
and with all the faculties of my soul and body,
with my entire life,
my death and my eternity,
whatsoever may please Thee.
Do with me as Thou would,
so as to realize what is written of Thee:
“She shall crush your head;” and again:
“Through Thee alone have all the heresies of the world been vanquished.”
May I be in Thy immaculate and most merciful hands
a docile instrument to make Thee known and loved
by so many tepid and mislead souls,
and thus advance in the greatest manner possible
the most holy Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
For in truth, where Thou hast gained entrance,
Thou dost obtain the grace
of the conversion and sanctification of souls,
since all the graces,
passing through Thy hands,
gush upon all of us from the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Amen.