Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2025预览

The fatherhood and care of God who rules the universe

Patristic* Reading

From the Greek tradition
Behold the mysteries of love, and then you will contemplate the bosom of the Father, which the only-begotten Son of God has revealed. God himself is love, and through love he is contemplated by us. And while in his ineffable reality he is Father, in his compassion he has become for us mother.
- Clement of Alexandria [c. 150-215], Which Rich Man Will Be Saved? 37:1-2

* From early Christian writers.

For reflection:

1.How have you experienced God’s fatherly care and motherly compassion in your own life?

2.What hinders us from recognising each person as a child of God?

3.How does acknowledging God as the Father of all affect our perception of and relationship with others?

Prayer

Let us pray.
Father of compassion,
renew our faith in you and bind us together through your love,
so that we can recognise each other as your children,
and come together as one.
We praise you through Jesus Christ, your only-begotten Son,
in the communion of the Holy Spirit. AMEN.