‘God showed me a little thing, the size of a hazelnut, on the palm of my hand. I looked at it and wondered, “What is this?” The answer came, “It is all that is made.” I marvelled that it continued to exist; it was so small. It exists, both now and for ever, because God loves it.’ These famous words of the great medieval mystic, Mother Julian of Norwich, echo the theme of God’s loving sovereignty proclaimed in Psalm 24.

Christians believe that God has uniquely entrusted to human beings the care of creation and that to God we must render an account of our activity. And it is not just to God that we must give an account. Younger generations today clamour to know what their global inheritance will be. King Charles has been alert to this challenge from his earliest years and we pray with him.