Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Preface to the New Edition 9

Foreword John Feehan 11

Introduction 14

The need to connect the Eucharist with the Creation story 14

1 A Cosmic Context 20

'Its Radiant Mystery' will shine forth in a cosmic celebration

Many voices, one hymn of praise

Could you imagine anyone eating that?'

The altar of the world

Community of all living beings

Jesus and the cosmos

'Take and eat this, all of you, and eat it with the Holy Spirit'

2 Telling the New Story of Creation 35

'To think we came from that' Living with Gaia

The world is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects

Love in its cosmic dimension

The story of the universe is our sacred story

Building a relationship with the Living Earth

3 The Implications of an Ecological Conversion 50

The world is not there solely for us

Reading scripture from an ecological perspective

We are biologically, not simply metaphorically, related to one another

An ecological conversion must bear fruit

Learning to listen to the cries of the Earth

An ecological conversion includes a call to contemplation

Gratitude

The Eucharist is a sacrament for the whole of creation

4 Celebrating Eucharist in a Holy Communion 67

Celebrating with creation

The presence of creation in the liturgy

5 A Community of Hope on Behalf of all Creation 78

We celebrate Eucharist to embody hope

Appendix: A Cosmic Calender 84

Autumn Equinox

Winter Solstice

Spring Equinox

Summer Solstice

Notes 89