What Does God Require of Us?

 1908, Fat her Paul Wattson, founder of the Society of the Atonement at Graymoor, New York, initiated the first "Church Unity Octave" from January 18th-25th, the Conversion of St. Paul. as a week or prayer for the unity of all Christians.  Fr. Paul was himself an Anglican who became a Catholic and his goal was to bring all of Christendom together again, as it was in the beginning.  "I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one--as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me" (Jn 17:21).  The idea took root, became an annual, ecumenical and global affair, undergoing a name change to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 1966.

This year's theme is: What Does God Require of Us?(Micah 6: 6-8)

The search for visible unity cannot be disassociated from concern for the poorest of the poor. It is in this context that this year's theme was chosen in order to explore the well known biblical text of Micah 6:6-8. 'What does God require of us?" Micah's strong call to justice and peace forms the theme of this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity as it sets justice and peace within the history of the relationship between God and humanity.
For 2013, this theme from Micah requires us to ask ourselves what God truly requires of us in our quest for Christian Unity. Please join us as we pray for and strive together to answer Micah's question in the movement towards the full visible unity of the Church.
Bro. Rene