Praised by you, my Lord, for Sister our mother the earth who nourishes us and bears us, and produces all kinds of fruits, with the speckled flowers and the herbs. The earth is at the same time mother, She is mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human. She is the mother of all, for contained in her are the seeds of all. The earth of humankind contains all moistness, all verdancy, all germinating power. It is in so many ways fruitful.
All creation comes from it.
Yet it forms not only the basic raw material for humankind, but also the substance of the incarnation of God's son. God is the foundation for everything This God undertakes, God gives. Such that nothing that is necessary for life is lacking. This body is supported in every way through the earth. Thus the earth glorifies the power of God.