The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is traditionally held in Aotearoa between Ascension and Pentecost (12 – 19 May).
Materials this year have been jointly prepared and published by Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches, and adapted for Aotearoa New Zealand by the National Dialogue for Christian Unity. There is still room to modify these and interpret to suit your local context.
You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbour as yourself (Luke 10:27)
This year the ecumenical celebration was prepared by a team representing different Christian traditions in Burkina Faso facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community (CCN). The choice of biblical and liturgical texts is inspired by the image of the good Samaritan from the parable (Lk 10: 25-37) in which Jesus demonstrates what it means to love one’s neighbour, in answer to a question about the Old Testament commandment: “You will love the Lord your God … and your neighbour as yourself”...
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