Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity has published the texts for the Week of Prayer of Prayer for Christian Unity 2024. The theme of the 2024 Week of Prayer -18-25 January - is based on a text from the Gospel of St Luke: “You shall love the Lord your God ... and your neighbour as yourself” (Luke 10:27). The preparation of the materials was entrusted to an ecumenical team from Burkina Faso facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community.

Representatives from the Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Protestant Churches and local ecumenical bodies collaborated in drafting the prayers and reflections. The political and social situation in Burkina Faso is unstable and there are many threats to peace and social cohesion. Preparation of the texts for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity during such a precarious period in their country’s history helped the ecumenical drafting group to recognise that the love of Christ unites all Christians and is stronger than their divisions.

The texts are published jointly by the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. They are offered to Christians throughout the world on the understanding that, whenever possible, they will be adapted for use in local situations, taking account of local social and cultural contexts and liturgical and devotional practices.

Further Resources are available on:

www.dioceseofmeath.ie/_files/ugd/f27feb_389e002255c341f2b2e4d90fdec56103.pdf

https://ctbi.org.uk/resources-for-week-of-prayer-for-christian-unity-2024/

http://www.christianunity.va/content/unitacristiani/en/settimana-di-preghiera-per-l-unita/semaine-de-priere-pour-l-unite-des-chretiens-2024/anglais.html

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity resources are also available in Irish on:
https://ctbi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WPCU-2024-Irish-pamphlet.pdf