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Could the physical creation be a subject of hope? What is the aspiration of the physical creation and what does it mean for believers? Listening to the cry of the earth and the “groaning of creation” reveals our systemic sins against it. Taking the Letter to the Romans as a starting point, however, it is possible to hear the lament of creation today, not so much as an accusation, but as a Gospel ; namely, a blessed proclamation and a call to conversion. Creation and we share the same hope of glory. The cry of creation, which denounces our sins against it, is also paradoxically a testimony to our common aspiration towards filial glory, according to Paul’s argument in Romans 8. The outcome of this hope depends above all on God's faithfulness. Linking the lament of creation to the cry of the Son of God in our flesh confirms the solidity of such a hope of glory.