Fr. Bernard de Margerie is a priest of the Roman Catholic diocese of Saskatoon, and the founder of the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism. He served as director of the PCE from 1984 to 1994. Bernard has always brought a passion to the ministry of ecumenism, in its theological, pastoral, and spiritual dimensions. (2004)

L'abbé Bernard de Margerie est prêtre, du diocèse catholique romain de Saskatoon; il fonda le Prairie Centre for Ecumenism en 1984, et en fut le directeur jusqu'à 1994. Bernard s'est toujours montré passionné du ministère d'œcuménisme, dans ses dimensions tant théologiques qu pastorales, et activement engagé dans la formation œcuménique de fidèles. (2004)

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Learning to Pray for Unity

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The first thing here is an inner attitude: the desire to pray this kind of prayer because one has a strong desire for divisions among Christians and their churches to be healed.

Pray often this Prayer of Desire (1)

O faithful God,
we know that to believe in Christ means to desire unity,
to desire unity means to desire
the communion of grace found in your Son’s Body, the Church.
I / We humbly ask you for the grace of a strong desire
for reconciliation and unity among Christians,
even though such grace is bound to be costly.
May the Holy Spirit utter this prayer within me / us.
This I / we ask through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

(1) This prayer is inspired by Ut unum sint, Pope John Paul II, encyclical letter on Commitment to Ecumenism, 1995, n. 9b

Posted: Mar. 1, 2007 • Permanent link: ecumenism.net/?p=3100
Categories: Reconciliation & unity • In this article: Bernard de Margerie, spiritual ecumenism, Walter Kasper Transmis : 1 mars 2007 • Lien permanente : ecumenism.net/?p=3100
Catégorie : Reconciliation & unity • Dans cet article : Bernard de Margerie, spiritual ecumenism, Walter Kasper