What is the Feast of Creation?

—The Rev. Dr. Beth Echols

(The article below is taken directly from the Season of Creation Resources.  I hope you will join us at the Lacey Train Depot & Park to celebrate the Lord's Handiwork in the world about us.)

The Feast of Creation of September 1, also known as Creation Day or World Day of Prayer for Creation, is the big celebration that inspires and nourishes the large Season of Creation that flows from it.  Inspired by a rich tradition of the Orthodox Church, it was later embraced by the World Council of Churches in 2008 and the Catholic Church in 2015.  (The Church of England joind soon after and the Episcopal Church is in dialog).

Besides being a moment to repent for our sinful desecration of the gift of Creation and pray for its healing the feast honors God as Creator and commemorates the great mystery of the creation of the cosmos (learm more about the feasts history and symbolism).  In other words, this feast is not just about celebrating "Creation as the created world" that God gifted us, but most importantly it is about celebrating "Creation as foundational mystery" of our christian faith.

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