Baptise us all, O Holy One,
into a new way of being,
a new humanity,
fit for the glory and dignity
of this one Earth community.
Blend with these baptism waters;
our tears for all that we have done,
and left undone,
all those we have left behind
and left unloved.
Drown us in the deep awareness
of the kin-dom of God,
of our radical belonging –
in you, with each other,
and with all creation.
Raise us up,
a new creation gasping for life,
that we might grasp the full extent
of the mystery of being –
Alive! Creative! Compassionate!
Now we die with Christ,
that we might also be raised up with Christ,
to throw our arms around this wondrous planet
in a holy and healing embrace.
Amen.
Bruce Sanguin If Darwin Prayed (page 206)