We have a novena prayer service prepared by DNC Scholastics on the theme Ignatius and Mother Earth. I have not included the readings here, but you could take Bible/Laudato Si/ other documents

1. Ignatius and Mother Earth

2. Prayer for Generosity
Lord, teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you
deserve; to give and not to count the
cost; to fight and not to heed the
wounds; to toil and not to seek for
rest; to labour and not to ask for
reward except that of knowing that I
do your will. Amen

3. O God, for the greater glory of your name you chose
Ignatius to be your servant, to do battle for Christ and
the Church under the banner of the Cross. Grant to us
who have received this grace of being his sons in the
Society that bears your Son’s name, that through the
help and example of our Father, we may fight on earth
for the defence and spread of faith, so that your name
be glorified and your people may be saved. This we ask
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Opening Prayer

4. Bhajan
Tune racha ye dharti – ambar
Teri jay ho baram-baar
Iss dharti pe mahima ho teri,
unche gagan pe jay-jay-kaar
Teri duniya hei pyar se bharpur, tera pyar mahan
Teri duniya hei daya se bhar-pur, tu hei dayalu mahan
Tu hei dayalu mahan
Karte mahima hum Prabhu teri, tere kaarya mahan
Sab-ko tu deta hei nav-jivan, tu hei jivan adhar
Tu hei jivan adhar

5. Let us Reflectin Silence

6. Short Video

8. Let us Reflectin Silence

9. Intercessory Prayers

10. Response:
Praise be to you, our Lord, through our Sister ‘Mother Earth’,
who sustains and governs us, and who produces variety of
plants and large animal kingdom
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Text ( Canticle of Brother son and Sister Moon of St. Francis Assisi)
Our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and
a mother who opens her arms to embrace us. This nature is a
magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants us a
glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness
Let us pray for the grace to appreciate the trees in our
campus, the birds that come around and the animal kingdom
that co exist with us.

11. Response: All powerful God, you are present in the whole
universe and in the smallest of your creatures. Pour out upon
us the power of your love that we may protect life and
beauty.
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Text: ( Story of a Soul)
“Jesus deigned to teach me this mystery. He set before me the
book of nature; I understood how all the flowers He has created
are beautiful, how the splendour of the rose and the whiteness
of the Lily do not take away the perfume of the little violet or
the delightful simplicity of the daisy”
Our sister ‘Mother Earth’ brings home to our senses the
mind of God in a simple and tangible way. Let us pray for the
grace to approach this ‘book of nature’ with Love, Respect
and Reverence.

12. Response: Teach us to seek you and find you in your
creation and approach her with love, respect and reverence.
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Text: (Ludato Si)
This sister now cries out to us because of the harm we have
inflicted on her by our irresponsible use and abuse of the goods
with which God has endowed her. Pope Paul VI referred to the
ecological concern as “a tragic consequence” of unchecked human
activity. Yet, the Creator does not abandon us; he never forsakes his
loving plan or repents of having created us. Humanity still has the
ability to work together in building our common home.
Everyone’s talents and involvement are needed to redress
the damage caused by human abuse of God’s creation.
As sons of Ignatius who are labouring with Him we may be
always at the forefront to promote harmony in the nature.

13. Response: Teach us to replace consumption with sacrifice,
greed with generosity, and wastefulness with a spirit of
sharing
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Text: (Ludato Si)
Since the market tends to promote extreme consumerism in
an effort to sell its products, people can easily get caught up
in a whirlwind of needless buying and spending. Compulsive
consumerism is one example of how the techno-economic
paradigm affects individuals.
If we look around in our own rooms perhaps we may realize
that we too have become victims of this consumeristic culture.
Let us pray for the grace to be generous and discerning.

14. Response: Creator and ruler of the universe,
You entrusted your world to us as a gift. Help
us to care for it that we may live in right
relationship with you and with creation.
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Text ( GC-36. D-29)
We Jesuits are called to help heal a broken world, promoting a
new way of producing and consuming, which puts God’s
creation at the centre.. We begin by changing our personal and
community life style, adopting behaviour coherent with our
desire for reconciliation with creation.
In our efforts to reconcile with creation our innovative
ecological efforts such as tree planation, waste segregation,
vermin- compose, water recycling etc have been initiated. Let
us pray for the grace to cooperate and collaborate whole-
heartedly with these endeavours.

15. ConcludingPrayer
O God, for the greater glory of your name you
chose Ignatius to be your servant, to do battle
for Christ and the Church under the banner of
the Cross. Grant to us who have received this
grace of being his sons in the Society that bears
your Son’s name, that through the help and
example of our Father, we may fight on earth
for the defence and spread of faith, so that your
name be glorified and your people may be
saved. This we ask through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen