A Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The 2022 theme for this year’s Church Unity prayer is taken from the second chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew - the Epiphany. Each year in January, the Christian Churches recall the visit of the Magi to Bethlehem, highlighting God’s invitation to all of humanity to a new covenant in the Incarnation of Christ. In the Eastern Churches, Epiphany is joined to the mystery of the Baptism of Christ, a baptism all Christians hold in common as testimony to their faith in the Son of God.
Join the many faithful from Christian denominations around the world for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, January 18-25, 2022.
Daily Prayers of the Church Unity Octave
Day 1 Raise us up and draw us to your perfect light. “We observed his star in the East.” (Matthew 2:2)
Day 2 Humble leadership breaks down walls and builds up with love. “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?” (Matthew 2:2)
Day 3 The presence of Christ, turning the world upside down. “When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.” (Matthew 2:3)
Day 4 Though small and suffering, we lack nothing. “And you, Bethlehem... are by no means least” (Matthew 2:6)
Day 5 Guided by the One Lord “Ahead of them, went the star that they had seen at its rising.” (Matthew 2:9)
Day 6 Gathered in worship around the One Lord “They saw the child with Mary his mother, and they knelt down and paid him homage.” (Matthew 2:11)
Day 7 The gifts of communion. “Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11)
Day 8 Beyond the familiar routes of separation to God’s new paths. “They left for their own country by another road.” (Matthew 2:12)
Sing Along…. The Church’s One Foundation
May We All Be One!
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