9 December
Psalm 139:17-18a How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
Genesis 17:3-6; 15-17 Then Abram fell on his face; and God said to him, As for me, this is my covenant with you: You shall be the ancestor of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the ancestor of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. God said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.’ Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?’
Philippians 3:12, 14 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
These Scripture Readings relate to the Aidan Readings (Deeper Life) in Celtic Daily Prayer 1