Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017 – Day 8

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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
January 18-25, 2017

Reconciliation – The Love of Christ Compels Us
(cf. 2 Corinthians 5:14-20)

Day 8
Reconciled to God
(2 Corinthians 5:20)

    • In the last days justice will reign (Micah 4:1-5)
    • Glorious things are spoken of God (Psalm 87)
    • God will make a new heaven and a new earth (Revelation 21:1-5a)
    • Meeting the risen Christ leads to personal mission (John 20:11-18)

Prayer

Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
we thank you for this week of prayer,
for being together as Christians
and for the different ways
we have experienced your presence.
Let us always praise your holy name together
so that we may continue to grow in unity and reconciliation.
Amen.

or:

Lamb of God, the heavens adore you,
the saints and angels sing before you
with harp and cymbals’ clearest tone.
Of one pearl each shining portal,
where, joining with the choir immortal,
we gather round your radiant throne.
No eye has seen that light,
no ear the echoed might
of your glory;
yet there shall we in victory
sing shouts of joy eternally!

(From the international version of the text of the Week of Prayer 2017
By The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity & The Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches)