Post Prayers for "Christian Unity Week"

[jackmichal]

Today, the 18th of January, is the start of "Christian Unity Week".  I would like to invite all Christian members of the Christan Forums, no matter what denomination, to contribute to this thread Prayers for Unity.  Either our own prayers or other's.

If you are posting a prayer for Unity and it is not your own, please give credit to the original author.

Thank you.

Here is a "Prayer for Unity" by Fr. Sergius Bulgakov: 

 
O Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour
thou didst promise to abide with us always.
Thou dost call all Christians
to draw near and partake
of Thy Body and Blood,
But our sin has divided us
and we have no power to partake
of Thy Holy Eucharist together.
We confess this our sin and we pray Thee,
forgive us and help us to serve the ways
of reconciliation, according to Thy Will.
Kindle our hearts with the fire
of the Holy Spirit,
give us the spirit of Wisdom and faith,
of daring and of patience,
of humility and firmness,
of love and of repentance,
through the prayers of the
most blessed Mother of God
and of all the saints.
Amen.



 
in The Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

Love

Jack 

 

[jackmichal]

A "Prayer for Unity" from True Life in God;  July 7, 1987:

 

Father of Mercy, unite your sheep,
Bring them together again,
Let them realize their aridity,
Forgive them;
Mould them into what you desire them to be,
Remind them of Your Ways,
May all Glory be in Your Holy Name,
For ever and ever. Amen.


in Christ,

Love

jack

 

[Blessed-one]

amen to the above prayer.

 

[jackmichal]

Another "Prayer for Unity" from True Life in God;  March 25, 1991:

Father,
blessed be Your Name.
Since Your Beloved Son Jesus Christ
came to the world
not to condemn it,
but to save the world,
Have Mercy upon us.
Look at Your Son's Holy Wounds
that are wide open now,
and remember the price He has paid for us
to redeem all of us.
Remember His Sacred Wounds
and the two Hearts
You Yourself united in Love
and who suffered together;
this One of the Immaculate Conception
and Your Beloved Son.
O Father,
remember His Promise now
and send us the Advocate
in full force,
the Holy Spirit of Truth, to remind
the world of the Truth
and of Your Son's docility,
humbleness, obedience and great Love.
Father,
the time has come
when the reign of division cries out
for Peace and Unity.
The time has come
that Your Son's wounded Body
cries out for Righteousness,
that of which the world has not
known yet;
but through the Immaculate Heart
of Mary
and the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
give us
Precious Father
this Peace in our hearts
and fulfil the Scriptures
by fulfilling
Your Beloved Son's Prayer to You
that we may all be one,
one in the Divine Holy Trinity
so that we worship and praise You,
all around one single Tabernacle .
Amen.

in Christ,

Love

jack

 

[jackmichal]

Another "Prayer for Unity" from True Life in God;  September 18, 1990:

My Lord, You who guard me from evil
and surround my soul with Your love Songs,
let Your Holy Face smile on all who love You.
Teach the youth of today to follow You and imitate You.
Show them the Treasures of Your Sacred Heart
and teach those who still do not understand
and waver undecidedly before this Holy Name You havechosen:
Sacred Heart,
to learn that it is You, the Christ.
Let those who keep on differentiating themselves
because of theological terminology,
yet are under Your Holy Name,
come back to their senses and realize
how they encourage this division in Christianity,
and how they are not doing Your Will,
but are granting Satan one more foothold to keep us apart,
thus weakening Your Church.

You are Jesus Christ, the Beloved Son of God and Saviour,
The Sacred Heart, The Word, The Alpha and the Omega,
The Light, The Redeemer, The Panto-Crator.
You are ONE Christ.
You are not parcelled out!
So I pray to You, who want us to be united
to unite us again in love, in heart, in our belief and practice.
Amen.

in Christ,

Love

jack

 

[ZiSunka]

Lord, help us to care more about You than about our differences. And more about each other than about ourselves. Show us that what really matters is how much a person loves You and serves You, not what church then enter on Sunday morning, or Saturday, or whatever day they worship. Give us more of You so we stop inflating ourselves to fill up the voids. Amen.

 

[Stormy]

My sweet Jesus, may God bring all of his children together in LOVE. We hurt each other in your name. We strive to understand what we are taught but forget what you taught. Help us for we are weak. Guide us, and lead us into the light, so that we can become pleasing to you. Teach us again that LOVE is the sum of your desires for us.

Amen

 

[Auntie]

These are all very beautiful prayers! Thank you so much!




~Father God, help us to remember we are your children, brothers and sisters in the family of God!~

 

[jackmichal]

Another "Prayer for Unity" from True Life in God;  September 18, 1990:

Lord, my God, save us in Your Love.
Raise us in Your Light and with Your Infinite Mercy forgive us.
Make us strong in faith;
unite us to be one
so that we may say together, around one Holy Tabernacle,
"there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all."
Amen.

in Christ,

Love

jack

 

[jackmichal]

A little late today, but here's another "Prayer for Unity":


Date: 2003-01-22
John Paul II's address at the general audience offered the following Prayer:

Holy Father, despite our weakness, you have made us witnesses of hope, faithful disciples of your Son.
We carry this treasure in earthen vessels and we fear we will fail in face of sufferings and evil.
At times we even doubt the power of the word of Jesus, who said 'that they be one.'
Give us again knowledge of that glory that shines on the face of Christ,
so that with our actions, our commitment, and all our life,
we proclaim to the world that he is alive and that he is at work among us.
Amen.

original article may be found at the following address:
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=30322

in Christ,

Love

jack

 

[jackmichal]

Another "Prayer for Unity" from True Life in God;  January 17, 1993:

Lord, I pray as You have prayed:
may we all be one,
as the Father is in You and You in Him,
so that the rest of the world may believe
it was the Father who sent You;
for this I pray too for the sheep
who are not of Your Fold,
that they too will listen to Your Voice,
I pray for the Moslems, the Jews and others
that they may come to love You from
today onwards. Amen

in Christ,
Love
jack

 

[jackmichal]

Final day of "Christian Unity Week", and a closing "Prayer for Unity" from 'True Life in God':

"Praised be the Lord,
for the Celestial Food (2)
you are giving us, and this is to
fulfil Scriptures and to complete
Your Work, You have given
Your Knowledge to mere children
and not to the learned,
for this is what pleases You Lord;

Praised be the Lord,
to have laid open roads
so that your people walk in them and
come to You and fill Your House,
for though You have sent Your Son
into the world and the world
plainly saw the Light, they have
not all accepted the Light but
turned instead towards darkness,
falling in apostasy;
the world has apostatized because
they have refused the Truth and
preferred to live under a Lie;

yes, Lord, You so much love
the world that You are today,
in spite of our wickedness,
sending us without reserve
Your Holy Spirit to enliven us
and revive the world, renewing
every creature, so that everyone
sees Your Glory and believes and
thus be converted;

Praised be the Lord, for opening
the doors of Heaven to pour out
from Your Reserves this Hidden Manna (3)
reserved for our Times;
no, it was not Moses who gave
bread from Heaven, it was You, Father,
who fed the true bread, and as
Your Son, Jesus Christ, is the
Bread of Life, the Holy Spirit too
nourishes us, for all Bread that
descends from Heaven is Life;

it is written in Scriptures:
they will all be taught by God, (4) and
flesh and bone cannot reveal the Truth
unless the Truth is given by the very
One who established the Truth and
imprinted It into our hearts

Father, may Your Name be praised
always and glorified again;
let the world pass from Darkness to Light,
from Lie to the complete Truth,
from Lethargy to Fervour;

Father, Creator of Heaven and Earth,
the hour has come to show us the
New Heavens and the New Earth
where Your Holy Spirit will make
His Home in us; most Tender Father,
as You glorified Your Son and Your Son
glorified You, let Your Holy Spirit of
Truth glorify again Your Son;

in a short time, Father, according
to Scriptures, the first heaven and
the first earth shall disappear soon,
to prove to the world that Your Word
is something alive and active and that
Jesus has indeed conquered the world

when that day comes,
Your Son's prayer to You
will be also fulfilled,
for we shall all be one in You
as the Holy Trinity is One and the same;
we shall not differentiate ourselves
under Your Name anymore;

Praised be the Lord and Glory to the Highest
for sending us, in our great apostasy
Our Holy Mother, whose Heart You
Yourself united in love with Jesus'
and who suffered together;
and it is together again, that the
two Sacred Hearts will renew us and
bring us back to Life and in You;
lost sheep will be found, wandering lambs shall
be reminded of their true fold and their
True Shepherd, this Shepherd who
neither deserts his flock nor abandons the lost,
but heals the wounded and supports the weary;

Praised be the Lord in Whose Holy Spirit
we receive baptism,
indeed, fountains of living water
flow out and are given to the man who is
thirsty, since they flow out freely from
Your Holy Sanctuary, (5) this Sanctuary
which You raised in three days,
and from Your fulness we are receiving
in these last days the Graces of
Your Holy Spirit, to revive us,
for this is Your Manna from Heaven,
the Spiritual Food coming from the Spirit;

let your people, Father, realize that the
ban soon will be lifted and that the
Lamb's and Your Throne will soon
be in Its place and among us;
prepare us, therefore, Righteous Father,
for this Glorious Day, when we can
praise You and glorify You all around
one Holy Tabernacle

Father, I thank You for hearing my prayer
and for having given me Your Words
to indicate to the world the Riches of your
Sacred Heart  Amen"

(2)
Spiritual Food

(3)
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it.'

(4)
Isaiah 54:13
All your sons shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the prosperity of your sons.

(5)
Jesus' Chest (Body)


in the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Love
jack