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This celebration reflects the ways in which the sisters of Grandchamp pray. In this tradition three of the monastic prayer services \u2013 sometimes called \u2018vigils\u2019 or \u2018nocturns\u2019 in the Benedictine tradition\u2013 traditionally said during the night are combined into one evening service. In the same way, our service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is shaped by three sections, called \u2018vigils\u2019, which follow a pattern used by the community of Grandchamp.<\/p>\n
Each vigil follows the same pattern: readings from scripture; a sung response; a time of silence; and intercessions. Each vigil also has an action reflecting its theme; these are outlined below. Each ends with the singing of Light of God <\/em>(Lumi\u00e8re de Dieu<\/em>), composed by a member of the community of Grandchamp.<\/p>\n The first vigil <\/strong>is centred on the unity of the whole person and our abiding in Christ. Participants are invited to five minutes of silence. These moments are repeated throughout the celebration.<\/p>\n The second vigil <\/strong>expresses the desire to rediscover the visible unity of Christians. Anchored in the love of Christ, we turn to our neighbours and exchange with each other a sign of his peace.<\/p>\n The third vigil <\/strong>opens us up to the unity of all peoples, all creation. The action in it is inspired by a text of Dorotheus of Gaza (see introduction). Several people are positioned around a circle, and move towards the centre. The closer we move to God<\/p>\n There is a variety of ways in which this action may be choreographed depending on the space being used, and the traditions of those involved. The following may serve as a guide:<\/p>\n The litany at the beginning can be read or sung \u2013 if possible, by two different people. The psalms can also be read or sung, or replaced by a hymn related to the theme of the vigil. The responses during the prayers of intercession can be read, sung or replaced by others. The intercessions can be prolonged by adding time for free prayer.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider color=”#000000″ _builder_version=”3.23.3″][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.23.3″][et_pb_row module_id=”deroulement” _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” header_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n (cf. Jn 15:5-9)<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”0px||10px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]L:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leader A hymn invoking the Holy Spirit (to be chosen locally)<\/em><\/p>\n L May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you always!<\/p>\n C And also with you<\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n R1 Brothers and sisters in Christ, this year the theme of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, chosen by the sisters of the Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland, is: \u201cAbide in my love and you shall bear much fruit\u201d.<\/p>\n R2 It is the great desire of God, expressed by Jesus, that we might come to him and abide in him. He waits for us tirelessly, hoping that, united to him in love, we will bear fruit that will bring life to all. Faced with the difference of \u2018the other\u2019, we risk withdrawing into ourselves and seeing only that which separates us. But let us listen to how Christ calls us to abide in his love, and so bear much fruit.<\/p>\n R1 In the three moments of prayer that follow, we remember the call of Christ, we turn to his love, to him who is the centre of our life. For the path of unity begins in our intimate relationship with God. Abiding in his love strengthens the desire to seek unity and reconciliation with others. God opens us up to those who are different from us. This is an important fruit, a gift of healing for the divisions within us, between us, and in the world.<\/p>\n L In peace let us pray to the Lord: Come and direct our hearts toward you once again. C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you! C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you! C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you! C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you! C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You who call us to be praise in the midst of the earth: glory to you!<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_6_font=”||||||||” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n Psalm:<\/strong> 103<\/p>\n Reading: <\/strong>Jn 15:1-17<\/p>\n Response:<\/strong> Ubi caritas<\/p>\n Short silence<\/strong>\u00a0(approximately 1 minute)<\/em><\/p>\n R God of love, through Christ you said to us: \u201cYou did not choose me but I chose you\u201d. You seek us, you invite us to receive your friendship and abide in it. Teach us to respond more deeply to this invitation, and grow in a life that is ever more complete.<\/p>\n C The joy of our heart is in God. <\/strong><\/p>\n R God of life, you call us to be praise in the midst of the world and to welcome one another as a gift of your grace. May your loving gaze, which rests upon each person, open us to receive each other just as we are.<\/p>\n C The joy of our heart is in God.<\/strong><\/p>\n R God who gathers, you knit us together as one vine in your Son Jesus. May your loving Spirit abide in us at parish meetings and local ecumenical gatherings. Grant that together we might celebrate you with joy.<\/p>\n C The joy of our heart is in God.<\/strong><\/p>\n R God of the one vineyard, you call us to abide in your love in all we do and say. Touched by your goodness, grant us to be a reflection of that love in our homes and workplaces. May we pave the way for bridging rivalries and overcoming tensions.<\/p>\n C The joy of our heart is in God.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n R\u00a0\u00a0 Very often we think of prayer as something we do, an activity of our own. In this short time we are invited to an interior silence, and to turn aside from all the noise and concerns of our lives and thoughts. In this silence the action belongs to God. We are simply called to abide in God\u2019s love, to rest in him.<\/p>\n Silence\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>(approximately 5 minutes)<\/em><\/p>\n Hymn: <\/strong>Lumi\u00e8re de Dieu (Light of God)[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n Psalm: <\/strong>85<\/p>\n Reading:<\/strong> 1 Cor 1:10-13<\/p>\n Response:<\/strong> There is One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism<\/p>\n Short silence\u00a0<\/strong>(approximately 1 minute)<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n R Holy Spirit, you create and re-create the church in all places. Come and whisper in our hearts the prayer which Jesus addressed to his Father on the eve of his passion: \u201cthat they may all be one \u2026 so that the world may believe\u201d.<\/p>\n C Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy)<\/strong><\/p>\n R Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, light the fire of your love in us so that suspicions, contempt and misunderstanding cease in the church. May the walls that separate us fall.<\/p>\n C Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy)<\/strong><\/p>\n R Holy Spirit, Consoler of all, open our hearts to forgiveness and reconciliation and bring us back from our wanderings.<\/p>\n C Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy)<\/strong><\/p>\n R Lord Jesus, gentle and humble of heart, give us poverty of spirit so that we may welcome the unexpectedness of your grace.<\/p>\n C Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy)<\/strong><\/p>\n R Holy Spirit, you never abandon the men, women and children who are persecuted for their fidelity to the gospel. Give them strength and courage, and support those who help them.<\/p>\n C Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy)<\/strong>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n R\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Lord calls us to be united among ourselves. He gives us his peace and invites us to share it. Let us exchange a sign of his peace with our neighbours.<\/p>\n Everyone turns to those near them and offers a sign of peace, in keeping with their local context.<\/em><\/p>\n Hymn: <\/strong>Lumi\u00e8re de Dieu (Light of God)[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n Psalm:<\/strong> 96<\/p>\n Reading:<\/strong> Ap 7:9-12<\/p>\n Response: <\/strong>O you who are beyond all things<\/p>\n Optional homily<\/strong><\/p>\n Short silence <\/strong>(approximately 1 minute)<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n R God of life, you have created every human being in your image and likeness. We sing your praise for the gift of our many cultures, expressions of faith, traditions and ethnicities. Grant us the courage always to stand against injustice and hatred based on race, class, gender, religion, and fear of those not like ourselves.<\/p>\n C God of peace, God of love, in you is our hope!<\/strong><\/p>\n R Merciful God, you have shown us in Christ that we are one in you. Teach us to use this gift in the world so that believers of all faiths in every country may be able to listen to each other and live in peace.<\/p>\n C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God of peace, God of love, in you is our hope!<\/strong><\/p>\n R O Jesus, you came into the world and shared fully in our humanity. You know the hardships of life for people who suffer in so many different ways. May the Spirit of compassion move us to share our time, life and goods with all those in need.<\/p>\n C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God of peace, God of love, in you is our hope!<\/strong><\/p>\n R Holy Spirit, you hear the fury of your wounded creation and the cries of those already suffering from climate change. Guide us toward new behaviours. May we learn to live in harmony as part of your creation.<\/p>\n C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 God of peace, God of love, in you is our hope!<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n R We are called to be ministers of God\u2019s healing and reconciling love. This work can only be fruitful when we abide in God, as branches of the true vine which is Jesus Christ. As we come closer to God we draw closer to one another.<\/p>\n Imagine a circle drawn on the ground. Imagine that this circle is the world.<\/p>\n The designated persons stand up and form a circle around a central candle.<\/em><\/p>\n R The centre represents God, and the paths to the centre are different ways people live. When people living in this world, desiring to draw closer to God, walk toward the centre of the circle\u2026<\/p>\n The persons take several steps toward the centre.<\/em><\/p>\n R \u2026 to the extent that they move closer to the centre, to God, they move closer to one another. And the closer they come to one another\u2026.<\/p>\n The persons move to the centre together.<\/em><\/p>\n R\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 the closer they come to God.<\/p>\n When the candle-bearers reach the centre they each light their candle. As they stand together at the centre all keep a time of prayer in silence.<\/em><\/p>\n Short Silence <\/strong>(approximately 1 minute)<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n L\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the words that Jesus taught us, let us now pray together:<\/p>\n C\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Our Father\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n Hymn<\/strong>: Lumi\u00e8re de Dieu (Light of God)<\/p>\n During the singing the candle-bearers return and share with the congregation the light that they <\/em>have received.<\/em><\/p>\n Chant\u00a0<\/strong>: Lumi\u00e8re de Dieu<\/p>\n Pendant le chant, les personnes portant les bougies reviennent vers l\u2019assembl\u00e9e et partagent avec elle la lumi\u00e8re qu\u2019elles ont re\u00e7ue.<\/em><\/p>\n R\u00a0\u00a0 Spirituality and solidarity are inseparably linked. Prayer and action belong together. When we abide in Christ, we receive the Spirit of courage and wisdom to act against all injustice and oppression. We say together:<\/p>\n C\u00a0\u00a0 Pray and work that God may reign. These words are recited daily by the Sisters of the Grandchamp Community.<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.6″ text_font_size=”18px” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font_size=”20px” hover_enabled=”0″ header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\n L Be one, so that the world may believe! Abide in his love, go into the world and bear the fruits of this love.<\/p>\n C May the God of hope fill us with all joy and all peace in faith, so that we may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 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Order of the Celebration<\/h1>\n
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Abide in my love
\nand you shall bear much fruit<\/h3>\n
\n<\/em>C:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Congregation
\n<\/em>R:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reader<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”18px” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_3_font=”||||||||” header_3_font_size=”25px” header_3_line_height=”1.4em” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_font_size=”20px” header_3_line_height_last_edited=”off|desktop”]<\/p>\nInvitation to prayer
\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h4>\n
Entrance Hymn<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Word of Welcome<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nLord, you are the vinedresser who cares for us with love.
\nYou call on us to see the beauty of each branch united to the vine, the beauty of each person.
\nAnd yet, too often the differences in others make us afraid. We withdraw into ourselves.
\nOur trust in you is forsaken. Enmity develops between us.<\/p>\n
\nGrant us to live from your forgiveness
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\n<\/strong>R1\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise in the midst of the world and among all peoples,
\nR2\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise in the midst of creation and among all creatures.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>R1\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise among suffering and tears,
\nR2\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise among promises and achievements.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>R1\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise in the places of conflict and misunderstanding;
\nR2\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise in the places of encounter and reconciliation.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>R1\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise in the midst of rifts and divisions,
\nR2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We sing your praise in the midst of life and death, the birth of a new heaven and a new earth.<\/p>\nFirst Vigil
\nAbiding in Christ: The unity of the whole person<\/strong><\/h3>\nIntercessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Action : A time of silence
\n<\/strong><\/h4>\nSecond Vigil
\nThe visible unity of Christians<\/strong><\/h3>\nIntercessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Action : Sharing a Sign of Peace<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Third Vigil
\nThe unity of all peoples and all creation<\/strong><\/h3>\nIntercessions<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Action\u00a0: \u00a0 Moving to the centre\u2026 and out to the world (inspired by a text of Dorotheus of Gaza)<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n
The Lord\u2019s Prayer
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\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Throughout your day
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 let the Word of God breathe life into work and rest.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maintain inner silence in all things so as to dwell in Christ.
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Be filled with the spirit of the Beatitudes:
\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 joy, simplicity, mercy.<\/strong><\/p>\nBlessing<\/strong><\/h3>\n