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Glorify your Maker, you works of our God, Wonder at God who endures for ever.

You sun and moon and clouds and winds, Constellations, curtains of shimmering light, Winter and summer, autumn and spring Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

You mountains and valleys, prairie and field, Snowdrift and avalanche, drizzle and ice, Coastland and badland, floodplain and berg Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

You cedar and fir, you maple and birch, Arbutus and cottonwood, willow and spruce, Pinewood and fruitwood and walnut and oak Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

Trillium and paintbrush, berry and shrub, Sagebrush and lichen and mushroom and sedge, Yard flower and pond flower and seedpod and bud Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

You muskox and bison, wolf cub and marmot, Grizzly and puma, wapiti, moose, Raccoon and carnivore, field mouse and fox Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

Salamander, garter-snake, turtle and frog, Black fly and deer fly, mosquito and wasp, You algae and mildew and beetle and worm Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

Cardinal and raven, puffin and tern, Snowy owl and magpie and eagle and finch, Gosling and trumpeter, mallard and loon Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

Orca and dolphin, blue whale and cod, Salmon and sea star and walrus and crab, Scallop, anemone, otter and kelp Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

You immigrant, native, refugee, guest, Worker and student, people of God, Homedweller, traveler, invalid, seeker Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

You pioneers and elders, descendants and youth, Martyrs and saints of the threefold shores, Angels at watch over homeland and sea Proclaim to our God your thanks and praise.

Barbara Mitchell, a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada, is a member of the Council of Associated Parishes.

-- Originally published in OPEN Winter 2000