"Pour out upon us the power of your love." LS 246
"For all things speak of you..." Laudato Si 246
"The earth was here before us..." LS 67
“The world is a joyful mystery." Laudato Si 12
Photo of the ADW Thinking Stone - carved in Oamaru stone by Master Carver, Lou Kereopa, it is rich in Christian Māori symbolism

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