Posts Tagged ‘ Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ’

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015: Day Six, “The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life”

Jan 23rd, 2015 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, […]



Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015: Day Five, “You have no bucket and the well is deep”

Jan 22nd, 2015 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will […]



Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015: Day Four, “Then the woman left her water jar”

Jan 21st, 2015 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told […]



Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015: Day Two, “Tired of the journey, Jesus sat down facing the well”

Jan 19th, 2015 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, “Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John’— although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— he left Judea and started back to Galilee. But he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the […]



Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2015: Day One, “It is necessary to go through Samaria”

Jan 18th, 2015 | By | Category: Blog Posts

Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard, ‘Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John’— although it was not Jesus himself but his disciples who baptized— he left Judea and started back to Galilee. But he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the […]



Overcoming the Scandal of Division

Jan 25th, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

On this last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, let’s consider the events of the past week, and petition the Lord to help us overcome the scandal of our continued division.



“Made Perfectly One”: A Reflection for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Jan 24th, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

The 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John is an essential missional treatise for this year’s “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,” as it has been in years past, and as it is to the mission of Called to Communion.  I recently saw a phrase from Christ’s prayer in this chapter used in […]



Ecumenism of Tears: A Reflection for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Jan 22nd, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

As I quoted from Pope Francis in yesterday’s post, in our times there is an ecumenism of blood binding together persecuted Christians. Without meaning to detract from this rich expression, it seems to follow from it that Christians also can share in an ecumenism of tears. Do we shed tears over our divisions? If not, […]



“Their Blood is Mixed”: A Reflection for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Jan 21st, 2014 | By | Category: Blog Posts

We have a tradition at Called to Communion of observing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. This event, with over a century of history behind it, seeks to promote visible Christian unity through an octave of prayer. Its goal, like the goal of Called to Communion, is to pursue the fulfillment of Christ’s High […]



Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Day Seven, “Walking in Solidarity”

Jan 24th, 2013 | By | Category: Blog Posts

It is Day 7 of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. (Tomorrow will mark the eighth and final day of the ‘Week.’) Today we continue our reflections on the daily themes and Scripture readings offered by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.