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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:CHRISTIAN UNITY \nFrom the Encyclical “Ut Unum Sint” by Pope St John Paul II \n◊◊◊ \nThe Second Vatican Council exhorts “all Christ’s faithful to remember \nthat the more they strive to live according to the Gospel\, the more they are \nfostering and even practicing Christian unity. For they can achieve depth and \nease in strengthening mutual brotherhood to the degree that they enjoy \nprofound communion with the Father\, the Word and the Holy Spirit. “This \nchange of heart and holiness of life\, along with public and private prayer for the \nunity of Christians should be regarded as the soul of the whole ecumenical \nmovement\, and can rightly be called ‘spiritual ecumenism’.” \nWe proceed along the road leading to the conversion of hearts guided by \nlove which is directed to God and\, at the same time\, to all our brothers and \nsisters\, including those not in full communion with us. Love gives rise to the \ndesire for unity\, even in those who have never been aware of the need for it. Love \nbuilds communion between individuals and between Communities. If we love \none another\, we strive to deepen our communion and make it perfect. Love is \ngiven to God as the perfect source of communion – the unity of Father\, Son and \nHoly Spirit – that we may draw from that source the strength to build \ncommunion between individuals and Communities or to reestablish it between \nChristians still divided. Love is the great undercurrent which gives life and adds \nvigor to the movement toward unity. \nThis love finds its most complete expression in common prayer. When \nbrothers and sisters who are not in perfect communion with one another come \ntogether to pray\, the Second Vatican Council defines their prayer as the soul of \nthe whole ecumenical movement. This prayer is “a very effective means of \npetitioning for the grace of unity”\, “a genuine expression of ties which even now \nbind Catholics to their separated brethren. Even when prayer is not specifically \noffered for Christian unity\, but for other intentions such as peace\, it actually \nbecomes an expression and confirmation of unity. The common prayer of \nChristians is an invitation to Christ himself to visit the community of those who \ncall upon him: “Where two or three are gathered in my name\, there am I in the \nmidst of them.” \nAlong the ecumenical path to unity\, pride of place certainly belongs to \ncommon prayer; the prayerful union of those who gather together around Christ \nhimself. If Christians\, despite their divisions\, can grow ever more united in \ncommon prayer around Christ\, they will grow in the awareness of how little \ndivides them in comparison to what unites them. Fellowship in prayer leads \npeople to look at the Church and Christianity in a new way. It must not be \nforgotten in fact that the Lord prayed to the Father that his disciples might be \none\, so that their unity might bear witness to his mission and that the world \nwould believe that the Father had sent him. “Ecumenical prayer” is at the \nservice of the Christian mission and its credibility. It must be especially present \nin the life of the Church and in every activity aimed at fostering Christian unity.
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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