Prayers | We are fearfully and wonderfully made: A Prayer for the Journey toward Reproductive Justice
by Rev. Elizabeth Kaeton
Holy, gracious and loving G_d
You are wise beyond our knowing
You have gifted us with
intelligence, memory, reason, and skill.
You fill our lives with
experiences in which we
may freely use these gifts.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Before we were born, you knew us.
You know our deepest thoughts,
our fiercest passions,
our desperate longings,
our ancient hurts,
our wildest dreams and
our strongest fears.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
When we were being shaped and formed
in the secrets of our mothers’ womb
You also knit together in us strong threads of
liberation and justice,
will and grace,
and set us free to live our lives
as human beings fully alive.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
We are complex beings,
living complicated lives.
Give us the courage to
discern what is right
and what is good,
knowing that the two
may not always be the same.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Help us – and help us help others –
to respect all of life
especially the lives of women
who have been denied justice
their intelligence questioned
their choices limited
their freedom denied.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Inspire our minds
fire our spirits, and
strengthen our wills
that justice and compassion
may always be our
companions on this journey
and we may know your peace.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made.