Vatican City, Sep 1, 2018 / 04:10 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Contemplating the grandeur of the ocean is also an opportunity to reflect on the goodness of God the Creator, Pope Francis said in a message for a day of prayer for the care of creation.

“It is our duty to thank the Creator for the impressive and marvelous gift of the great waters and all that they contain, and to praise him for covering the earth with the ocean,” the pope wrote in a message Sept. 1.