mother nature
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26And he said: “Let us make Man to our image and likeness. And let him rule over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and the wild beasts, and the entire earth, and every animal that moves on the earth.”
28And God blessed them, and he said, “Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the flying creatures of the air, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
15Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.
19For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God. 20For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope. 21For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God. 22For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now;
2O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens. 3Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger. 4For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded. 5What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him? 6You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, 7and you have set him over the works of your hands.
7In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you. 8Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain. 9Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things? 10In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.
7And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
1Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights. 2Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts. 3Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light. 4Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens 5praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
13In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem.