Appreciating Nature

During this prayer space, one shows gratitude to God for what nature offers.

Equipment: Coloured circled papers, biros and pencils

Related to Bible: Genesis 1: 1-28

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Malti

1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

6And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.

9And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. 11And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. 12And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. 13And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 15and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, 18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.

20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. 23And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.

24And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. 25And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Kapitlu 1

Il-ħolqien tas-sema u l-art

1Fil-bidu Alla ħalaq is-sema u l-art: 2u kienet l-art taħwid u baħħ; u d-dlam kien fuq wiċċ l-abbissi u fuq wiċċ l-ibħra kien jittajjar l-ispirtu ta’ Alla.

3U qal Alla: “Ħa jkun id-dawl.” U d-dawl sar. 4U ra Alla d-dawl li kien tajjeb. U Alla fired id-dawl mid-dlam. 5U d-dawl Alla semmieh jum, u d-dlam sejjaħlu lejl. U dalam u sebaħ - L-ewwel jum.

6U qal Alla: “Ħa jkun hemm medda f’nofs l-ilmijiet u tifred ilma minn ilma.” 7U Alla għamel il-medda u fired l-ilma ta’ taħt il-medda mill-ilma ta’ fuq il-medda. U hekk sar. 8U l-medda Alla semmieha sema. U dalam u sebaħ - It-tieni jum.

9U qal Alla: “Ħa jinġemgħu naħa waħda l-ilmijiet ta’ taħt is-sema u jidher l-inxif.” U hekk sar. 10U sejjaħ Alla l-inxif art; u l-ġemgħa tal-ilma sejħilha baħar. U Alla ra li kollox kien tajjeb. 11U qal Alla: “Ħa tnibbet l-art il-ħaxix, ħaxix li jagħmel iż-żerriegħa, siġar li jagħmlu l-frott biż-żerriegħa ġo fih skont għamliethom, fuq l-art.” U hekk sar. 12U nibbtet l-art il-ħaxix, ħaxix li jagħmel iż-żerriegħa skont għamlietu u siġar jagħmlu l-frott biż-żerriegħa skont għamlietu; u ra Alla li kien tajjeb. 13U dalam u sebaħ - It-tielet jum.

14U qal Alla: “Ħa jkun hemm imnariet fil-firxa tas-sema biex jifirdu l-jum mil-lejl, u jkunu sinjali għat-tqassim taż-żminijiet, tal-jiem u tas-snin. 15U jkun hemm, imnariet fil-firxa tas-sema biex idawlu l-art.” U hekk sar. 16U għamel Alla ż-żewġ imnariet il-kbar; l-imnara l-kbira biex trieġi l-jum, u l-imnara ż-żgħira biex trieġi l-lejl, u l-kwiekeb. 17U Alla qegħedhom fil-firxa tas-sema biex jiddu fuq l-art, 18u jrieġu l-jum u l-lejl u jifirdu d-dawl mid-dlam. U Alla ra li kien tajjeb. 19U dalam u sebaħ - Ir-raba’ jum.

20U qal Alla: “Jiżgħed l-ilma b’kotra ta’ ħlejjaq ħajjin u jittajru t-tjur fuq l-art fil-wesgħa tas-smewwiet.” 21U Alla ħalaq il-ħut il-kbir u l-annimali kollha li jitkaxkru, li bihom miżgħud l-ilma, skont ġenshom, u t-tajr bil-ġwienaħ skont ġenshom. U ra Alla li kien tajjeb. 22U berikhom Alla u qalilhom: “Welldu u oktru, u imlew l-ilma tal-ibħra; u joktor it-tajr fuq l-art.” 23U dalam u sebaħ - Il-ħames jum.

24U qal Alla: “Ħa tnissel l-art ħlejjaq ħajja skont ġenshom: bhejjem tad-dar, annimali li jitkaxkru, u bhejjem selvaġġi, skont ġenshom.” U hekk sar. 25U għamel Alla l-bhejjem selvaġġi skont ġenshom, u l-bhejjem tad-dar skont ġenshom, u l-ħlejjaq kollha li jitkaxkru fuq l-art skont ġenshom. U ra Alla li kien tajjeb.

26U qal Alla: “Ħa nagħmlu l-bniedem fuq ix-xbieha u s-sura tagħna, u jaħkmu fuq il-ħut tal-baħar u fuq it-tajr tal-ajru, fuq il-bhejjem tad-dar u fuq il-bhejjem selvaġġi, u fuq il-ħlejjaq li jitkaxkru fuq l-art.”

27U Alla ħalaq il-bniedem fuq xbiehetu

fuq xbihat Alla ħalqu,

raġel u mara ħalaqhom.

28U berikhom Alla u qalilhom: “Nisslu u oktru, u imlew l-art, u aħkmuha; u saltnu fuq il-ħut tal-baħar u t-tajr tal-ajru u l-ħlejjaq kollha li jitkaxkru fuq l-art.”

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Instructions

Look at the images and reflect on the beauty of nature.

Take a coloured circle and on it write a thank you prayer to God about what you like in nature, for example, the sea, the sun, the animals and the birds.
Stick your circle along the other circles to form a caterpillar.