Prayer for Christian Unity

January 18-25 is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

In a fractured and fragmented world
awaken within us the deep desire to be made whole again.
Give us the courage to bring Your reconciling presence
to the divisions in the world today.
Call us back to that place where all are one in You.

Where pain and misunderstanding foster resentment
Make us whole again
Where distraction and division destroy the bonds of community
Make us whole again
Where the impulse to label and judge leads to rejection and violence
Make us whole again
Where silence permits evil to flourish
Make us whole again
Where we fail to forgive or be forgiven
Make us whole again
Where borders of compassion and understanding become impassable
Make us whole again

God of Unity, restore the essential bonds of community. Remove the blindness that distorts our ability to see Your great love in each human you bring into being. Draw us together in deeper communion with You and with each other. Heal the divisions in our hearts, our families, our communities and our world. Grant us the grace to remove the obstacles that we place in our own path and in the path of others, so that our desire for wholeness may become a reality.

-by Sr. Katherine Feely, SND
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