From Assistant Principals
Christian Unity Week
19 May
christian Unity Week - Ecumenism in Action (Christians Working Together)
"Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit" (cf John 15:5)
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Australia is being observed from 16 - 23 May 2021 in the week between Ascension and Pentecost.
The following quotes are taken from the Biblical Reflections and Prayers for the Eight Days prepared for this week by the National Council of Churches in Australia
- · Jesus wishes that life and love circulate through us as the sap through the vine, so that Christian communities be one body. The recognition that we are loved by God moves us to welcome each other with our strengths and weaknesses.
- If we pray with Christians of other traditions, we may be surprised to feel united by a bond of friendship that comes from the One who is beyond all division. The forms may vary, but it is the same Spirit who brings us together.
- We are constantly called to renew our commitment to life, through our thoughts and actions. There are times when we already taste, here and now, the blessing that will be fulfilled at the end of time.
- Sometimes something as small as a kind look, an open ear, or our presence is enough to make a person feel welcome. When we offer our poor abilities to Jesus, he uses them in a surprising way.
- · Christ's will commits us to a path of unity and reconciliation. It also commits us to unite our prayer to his: "that they may all be one. . .so that the world may believe" (Jn 17:21).
