Prayers

Ecumenical service in Riga Cathedral. © Kaspars Upitis, 2015 — Week of Prayer service in Riga, 2015. © Kaspars Upitis

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

A long-standing annual observance involving Christian communities throughout the world

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The Ecumenical Prayer Cycle

A year-long prayer journey through every region of the world

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O God, enlarge our hearts that they may be big enough to receive the greatness of your love. Stretch our hearts that they may take into them all those around the world who, with us, believe in Jesus Christ. Stretch our hearts that they may take into them all those who are not lovely in our eyes, and whose hands we do not want to touch; through Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 31 May 2021

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Angola and Mozambique.

31 May 2021

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Eternal God, in a time when we are warned against contact, the risen Christ invites us to touch his wounds, to see what is beyond our windows and walls, to hear within the stricken silence the word of life, to reach further than we had dared, where forgiveness heals not only us, but our world. We know that the wounds await our fingers, and that the surprise of love continues to ask that we trust love's power. We affirm that no boundaries can keep Christ out, so even with our troubles and doubts...

Prayer of praise to the risen Christ who invites us to touch his wounds

By Terry MacArthur, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva, Switzerland

26 May 2021

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Morning Prayer for Tuesday, 25 May 2021

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of the Indian Ocean Islands of the Comoros, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, and Seychelles.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

25 May 2021

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Almighty Master, the help and salvation of the world; the redeemer and Savior of the sick; the physician and aid of the ailing; the healer of the sorrows of mankind’s bodies and souls; who vanquished death: our God. We now beseech You, cleanse and rid us of every malady of body and soul. Lord be not far from us. Send down upon us Your heavenly power of healing. Cast far from us every lurking illness. Grant us aid in this time of pandemic and deliver us from every evil, grief and sorrow...

Prayer from the Network of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Pastoral Health Care

This prayer was also published as part of the publication Voices of Lament, Hope and Courage, available in English, French, German and Spanish.

19 May 2021

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In these exceptional times, we turn to the One who prays: “Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.” Let your face shine upon your whole creation, O God. Incline your ear to your family. Protect all who are suffering in this time of pandemic, especially in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and the many countries experiencing new surges of COVID-19. Compassionate God, Hear our cry.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 17 May 2021

This week in the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray with the people and churches of Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Prayers were prepared in cooperation with the Lutheran World Federation.

17 May 2021

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Prayer for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2021 in Brazil

Published by the National Council of Christian Churches of Brazil (CONIC)

11 May 2021

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Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls. Into that heaven of freedom, oh Father, let my country awake. Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action.

Morning Prayer for Monday, 10 May 2021

This week following the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we are praying with and for people and churches in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

10 May 2021

Prayer

God of Life, God of Jesus of Nazareth, Your son has taught me that we women are your daughters, subjects of your love. But in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that plagues humanity, I hear sad news from Colombia. Women are victims of violence within their homes. More than 37 women were murdered by their partners between January and February 2021. In the middle of the pandemic, an indigenous girl was raped and killed by soldiers...

Prayer by the WCC president for the Caribbean/ Latin America

Rev. Gloria N. Ulloa Alvarado

05 May 2021

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Lord, we greet this new day, giving thanks that our senses allow us to say that the air smells good today, straight from the mysteries within the garden of God; That all creation has awakened to join in praise and prayer: the trees with their green leaves, the birds with their melodies, the first blue violets, kneeling. All that breathes praise the Lord!

Morning Prayer for Monday, 3 May 2021

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle we pray for the churches and people of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

03 May 2021

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