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COVID-19 prayers from the WCC fellowship

17 March 2021

O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise. O Lord, give us the joy of your saving help and sustain us with your life-giving Spirit. Glory to the Father, and to the + Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 15 March 2021

O Lord, open our lips, and our mouth shall proclaim your praise...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

15 March 2021

Loving God, We earnestly pray for healing, for the continued efforts to relieve human suffering, and for perseverance throughout these challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are struck by the dedication and cooperation of virologists, biochemists, epidemiologists, and many other scientists working urgently in laboratories across Canada and around the world to develop tests, treatments, and vaccines to protect us from the ongoing ravages of COVID-19. Now, with a shift in public attention, we pray...

A prayer for healing, gratitude, and a just transition from the Canadian Council of Churches

By pastor Peter Noteboom, CCC general secretary

12 March 2021

Let us confess our sins: We have denied the authority of women and limited their gifts; We have locked away women’s power, And chose to hide their pain. But nothing is veiled that will not be revealed; And nothing is hidden that will not be made known.

Morning Prayer for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021

In the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray this week with the people and churches of Ireland and the United Kingdom.

In a time of physical distancing, may this order of service unite our hearts and minds as we prayerfully seek to give thanks for women in leadership and their impact on decision-making.

This order of service has been prepared by women from the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland.

08 March 2021

Lord Christ, as we gather in prayer today and throughout this week, we pray for your church scattered throughout the whole world. With the churches and peoples of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, we pray that, confronting prosperity and luxury, they may continue to tell the story of the One who became poor for our sake. May the churches elsewhere, facing wretched poverty, continually proclaim the Kingdom of your goodness. By so doing, we give thanks that we have something to say to one another, an

Morning Prayer for Monday, 1 March 2021

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

01 March 2021

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Eternal God, the sun never sets on the earth you created. Grant to all your peoples, from east to west, the light and life that are ever new in Christ. From morning until evening let us praise you, and in your presence do our work day by day, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 22 February 2021

Lord, as we begin this day and week together in prayer,

teach us to seek you and reveal yourself to us when we seek you...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of France, Germany, and Monaco.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

22 February 2021

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O God, in whom is the fullness of light and wisdom, enlighten our minds by your Holy Spirit, and give us grace to receive your Word with reverence and humility, without which no person can understand your truth, for the sake of Jesus Christ to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be all glory

Morning Prayer for Monday, 15 February 2021

Praise be to the Holy Trinity! God is sound and life, Creator of the Universe, Source of all life...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

15 February 2021

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Lord, our Saviour, we thank you for continuing to knock at our doors. Help us to open at your call. Help us to listen to the words you now wish to speak in our hearts. Often, we have been restless, trying to respond to our tasks, unmindful of your word, unmindful of what you want us to do. Lord, teach us to act. Give us courage to act. But let that action be derived from the very core of your living Word.

Morning Prayer for Friday, 12 February 2021

Lord, our Saviour, we thank you for continuing to knock at our doors...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Andorra, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Vatican City.

12 February 2021

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Lord our God, we give you thanks, because in your mercy you have come to us and made yourself one of us in Jesus Christ, so that we might be made one in you. You have taken the initiative: you have broken into our silence. You have crossed the wall of our isolation and division. You call to us all, knocking at the door of our lives and the door of our world. You manifest your presence in many ways. May the presence of your unifying and quickening Spirit not pass unnoticed in our midst

Morning Prayer for Thursday, 11 February 2021

Lord our God, we give you thanks, because in your mercy you have come to us and made yourself one of us in Jesus Christ, so that we might be made one in you...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Andorra, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Vatican City.

11 February 2021

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Take, Lord, this day, all my liberty. Receive my memory, my understanding, my whole will, all that I have and possess; You have given all to me; I return it all to you. Give me only your love and your grace. With these I am rich enough and I desire nothing more.

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Take, Lord, this day, all my liberty. Receive my memory, my understanding, my whole will, all that I have and possess...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Andorra, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Vatican City.

10 February 2021

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Jesus our Master, meet us while we walk the way, and long to reach the heavenly country; so that, following your light we may keep the way of righteousness, and never wander away into the darkness of this world’s night, while you, who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, are shining within us; for your own name’s sake. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Jesus our Master, meet us while we walk the way...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Andorra, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and the Vatican City.

09 February 2021

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O Lord, as we begin this day and week together in prayer, teach us to seek you and reveal yourself to us when we seek you. For we cannot seek you unless you first teach us, nor find you except you reveal yourself to us. Let us seek you in longing, and long for you in seeking; let us find you in love and love you in finding, O Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 8 February 2021

Lord, teach us to seek you and reveal yourself to us...

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Andorra, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Vatican City.

08 February 2021

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Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre. God covers the heavens with clouds, prepares rain for the earth, makes grass grow on the hills. God gives to the animals their food, and to the young ravens when they cry.

Morning Prayer for Friday, 5 February 2021

Praise the LORD!

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

05 February 2021

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O you, who enlighten the rational with the knowledge of your greatness, enlighten, O my Lord, my thoughts that I may meditate upon your holy and divine Scriptures at every hour, O Lord of all, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for ever.

Morning Prayer for Thursday, 4 February 2021

O you, who enlighten the rational with the knowledge of your greatness, enlighten, O my Lord, my thoughts...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

04 February 2021

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From the rising of the sun to its setting, let us pray to the Lord. Moran ethra hama’lain. Lord, have mercy. That the people of God in all the world may worship in spirit and in truth, let us pray to the Lord: Moran ethra hama’lain. Lord, have mercy. That the church may discover again the unity that is your gift, let us pray to the Lord: Moran ethra hama’lain. Lord, have mercy.

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Moran ethra hama’lain. Lord, have mercy...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

03 February 2021

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O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise. O Lord, give us the joy of your saving help and sustain us with your life-giving Spirit. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 2 February 2021

O Lord, open our lips and our mouth shall proclaim your praise...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

02 February 2021

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God our Father, Creator of all people, teach us to see your image and likeness in all our neighbours of every race and religion, to desire peace and justice for them as for ourselves, to discern opportunities to work with them for the healing of your world, to learn humbly from one another, and to rejoice in the gifts you give us through them.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 1 February 2021

God of compassion and solidarity, we come together as people with open hearts...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara, Tunisia.

This order of service for the World Interfaith Harmony Week makes use of material from the document Serving a Wounded World in Interreligious Solidarity: A Christian Call to Reflection and Action During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond, jointly produced by the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

01 February 2021

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For all that God can do within us, for all that God can do without us, Thanks be to God! For all in whom Christ lived before us, for all in whom Christ lives beside us, Thanks be to God! For all the Spirit wants to bring us, for where the Spirit wants to send us, Thanks be to God!

Morning Prayer for Friday, 29 January 2021

29 January 2021

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Come, let us praise God together in the company of his gathered people. For the works of our God are unparalleled. Everything He does reveals his glory and majesty.

Morning Prayer for Thursday, 28 January 2021

Come, let us praise God together...

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

28 January 2021

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I believe in the sun though it is late in rising. I believe in love, though it is absent I believe in God though God is silent... Text from an unsigned inscription found on the wall of a cave in Cologne where Jews had been hiding.

Morning Prayer for Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Lord God of compassion, hear our prayer...

Today marks Holocaust Memorial Day.

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with the people and churches of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

27 January 2021

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