Morning Prayer for Thursday, 3 December 2020

Elohim, You formed me – inside out; You knitted me together as I am in my mother’s womb…

This week, the first week of Advent, in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Myanmar and Thailand.

3 December is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In a time of physical distancing, let us unite our hearts and minds as we prayerfully seek to overcome Sexual and Gender-Based Violence together.

Prayers were prepared by staff of the WCC's Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN).

Call to Prayer

Psalmody

Elohim, You formed me – inside out;

You knitted me together as I am in my mother’s womb

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Wonderful are Your works – You made me! – my soul knows it is so.

My frame was not hidden from You when I was

being made in secret

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed self; and determined me for purpose

In Your book You wrote,

every single one – the days established for me

when as yet there was none.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Wonderful are Your works – You made me! – my soul knows it is so.

Psalm in Action

Scripture Matthew 1:1, 5-6

An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. and Aram the father of Aminadab, and Aminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, ⁵and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, ⁶and Jesse the father of King David.

Reflection Rev. Mary Chipoka