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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
(January 18–25)
We Will All Be Changed by the Victory of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
(cf. 1Corinthians 15:51- 58)
The Church Unity Octave, a forerunner of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, was developed by Father Paul Wattson, SA, at Graymoor in Garrison, New York, and was first observed at Graymoor from January 18-25, 1908. Today, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites the whole Christian community throughout the world to pray in communion with the prayer of Jesus “that they all may be one” (John 17:21).
In 1966, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and the Vatican Secretariat (now Council) for Promoting Christian Unity began collaborating as a common international text for worldwide usage. Since 1968 these international texts, which are based on themes proposed by ecumenical groups around the world, have been developed, adapted and published for use in the United States by the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012
Chosen Theme: We Will All Be Changed by the Victory of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
(cf. 1Corinthians 15:51- 58)
The theme for the annual celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012 has been announced by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. The theme for the 2012 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is: We Will All Be Changed by the Victory of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Following extensive discussion, representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church and Old Catholic and Protestant Churches in Poland decided to focus on a theme that is concerned with the transformative power of faith in Christ, particularly in relation to our praying for the visible unity of the Church, the Body of Christ. It is based on St Paul's words to the Corinthian Church which speak of the temporary nature of our present lives in comparison to what we receive through the victory of Christ through the Paschal mystery. This "victory" is only possible through spiritual transformation, conversion. As we pray for and strive towards the full visible unity of the church we, and the traditions to which we belong, will be changed, transformed and conformed to the likeness of Christ.
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