Daily Prayer - March 21 2023

A report on this day in 2018 stated that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains over 1.8 trillion bits of garbage, most of it plastic.  The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawai'i and California. These areas of spinning debris are linked together by the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, located north of Hawai'i. This convergence zone is where warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Arctic. The zone acts like a highway that moves debris from one patch to another.

 

Creator God

we ask forgiveness for the ways that we continue to pollute the oceans as well as lakes and rivers.

May we grow in our awareness of how vital water is to us and to the health of the planet.

Help us to radically reduce our use of plastics and fine more eco-friendly alternatives.

Amen

 

By Fr Pat O'Shea - Lower Hutt

 

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