Week of Prayer for Christian Unity  Day 8

"They left for their own country by another road” (Mt 2:12)

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Acts 22:3-16 (or Acts 9:1-22)

 “I am a Jew,

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity  Day 3

 When king Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him (Mt 2:3)

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊ 

1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7

When they arrived after David

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity  Day 7

Then opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh”(Mt 2:11)

St. Francis de Sales, bishop & doctor   

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

2 Samuel 5:1-7, 10

All the tribes of Israel came to

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity   Day 2 

『Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews?』(Mt 2:2)

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

１Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51*

Saul told David,

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me."

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊  

Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10

 Ezra brought the Law before the assembly,

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Drawn from different cultures, races and languages,

Christians share in a common search for Christ and a common desire to worship him.

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊ 

Yahweh asked Samuel,

Blessed Virgin Mary 

St. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon  & Martyr

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

２Samuel 1:11-12, 19, 23-27

After the death of Saul,

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Yahweh asked Samuel,

St. Agnes, Virgin  & martyr 

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊ 

1 Samuel 24:3-21*

(…..) Now David

St. Anthony, abbot 

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

1 Samuel 15:16-23

Samuel then told Saul,