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Season of Creation, September 1 to October 4th, 2026

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Theme: “Living Waters: Immersion in Living Water” 

“Wherever the river flows, all living creatures teeming in it will live.”

(Ezkiel 47: 9)


Season of creation 2026, Living Water

This year’s Season of Creation is inspired by Ezkiel 47:9, 12 and promises healing waters of renewal and restoration, highlighting our interdependence with the natural world and providing a vision of hope possible through care of the earth. 


God’s Life-Giving Waters, as envisioned by Ezkiel, bring about healing and renewal not only of individual humans, but for all creation. Once immersed in Sacred Waters, we are then propelled beyond ourselves to protect and ensure the flourishment of the entire Earth community. 

During the Season of Creation, we are called to remember that the precious gift of Living Water is a physical manifestation of God's abundant love for us. We are called to consider what we can do to cherish and protect it, not only for those in our world today, but for future generations.


There is much to be done for this once abundant and Divine gift of water is increasingly threatened by misuse, overuse, and degradation. Access to water is a human right but it is becoming less accessible to many. (The UN reports that globally 21 billion humans (1 in 4) have no access to safe drinking water). Impacts from Climate change are causing floods, drought and desertification. Other challenges to access are caused by industrial pollution; drains on resources from new technology such as data centres, while competition for scarce resources is fueling unrest. Impacts on ecosystems are immense, affecting, not only humans but also our companion species and the entire interconnected web of nature.


Music 

  • Jan Novotka, “Waters of Life” 


Media


Prayer 

Season of Creation Prayer 2026 “Living Waters” 


Holy God, whose Spirit hovered over the waters at the beginning, we gather as part of your community of all creation, thirsty for your grace. We give thanks for the gift of water, the veins of our common home, that sustains the cedar and the whale, the pasture and the city. We are grateful for the local waters that nourish our homelands and our fellow creatures. We give thanks that in your well-watered garden, every drop is a sacred testament to your love.

Yet, we confess that we have treated this gift as a mere commodity. We have choked the seas with our waste and watched the warming tides rise in judgment.

We lament the cracked earth of the drought-stricken and the salty tears of the climate refugee. Melt our frozen hearts, O God, and let the waters of repentance flow. Lord of all Life, you promised that wherever the river flows, everything shall live. Stir in us a calling to care for the waters — to protect the watershed, defend the rights of water, and honor the dignity of the thirsty. May your Word be a spring within us, gushing forth for the healing of the nations.

May God our Father who brought water from the rock sustain us in the desert. May Christ our Lord who is Living Water refresh us for the work of restoration. And may the Holy Spirit carry us on currents of grace until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. Amen.


(Season of Creation Guide Book 2026, p. 18)


By Kathy Murtha, Retreat Coordinator & Facilitator at the Mary Ward Centre


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