The Octave of Christian Unity: Day Two

As I mentioned a few days ago, I attended the Youth Rally for Life at the Ohio Statehouse on Friday. This was an interdenominational event put on by Columbus Right to Life. While my students were Catholic, the keynote speaker Nina Fuller, and the other youth speakers were not. I was impressed that youth from a variety of denominations and churches stood together against abortion. This is encouraging, and, I think, representative of postmodern ecumenism (of which blog-level ecumenism is a part). I think of postmodern ecumenism as Christians working together for common causes, e.g. against non-Christian secular moral trends, and praying together when appropriate, but not trying to agree on everything, and not necessarily working toward formal union/communion (which I think distinguishes postmodern ecumenism from modernist ecumenical efforts, which take a “lowest common denominator” approach toward morality and doctrine). At any rate, my point is that I have hope, and working with other Christians is a worthy goal, and not to be dismissed simply because it is sometimes done in a less than genuine manner.

For those who are praying along with other Christians during this Octave of Christian Unity, I offer another prayer for said unity (from our Octave of Christian Unity resource, Day Two).

Eternal Father,
we praise you for sending your Son
to be one of us and save us.
Look upon your people with mercy
for we are divided in so many ways,
and give us the Spirit of Jesus to make us one in love.
We ask this gift, loving Father,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for Christian Unity 1 from Catholic Doors

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