Today’s Prayer in this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18-25) is offered below. Disciples of Christ have kept Christ’s prayer “that they all be one” as the guiding image for our mission throughout our history. May it continue to be so.
O God, give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions; take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatever else may hinder us from godly union and concord; that, as there is but one Body and one Spirit, one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may be all of one heart and one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(adapted by the editor from Book of Common Prayer, 1977)
