The Latin Vicariate Apostolic of Kuwait announced that Christian Unity Week will be observed from 18-25 January 2001.

The theme for this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, is taken from the Gospel of John, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life" (John 14:1-6).

"I am the Way", says Jesus. This means that Christ is not only the source and the goal of unity, but also the one who accompanies and guides His Church on its journey and its growth towards unity.

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity provides an opportunity for Christians to pray together. It is also an occasion --

• to thank God for the blessings He has bestowed over history.
  
  
• to acknowledge the tragic separation and divisions among Christians, and thus, to pray for reconciliation and ultimate unity among Christians.
  
  
• to deepen our following of Christ's will for the unity of the Church and to renew our commitment towards unity. Jesus prayed "that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." (John 17:21)
  
  
• to share with one another our fidelity to Christ as the Way, the Truth and the Life.
  
  
• to learn more about the steps the Churches are taking together to deepen their communion with one another in the life of the Spirit.
  
  

PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

Lord, You said that You are the Way. Help us no longer to walk side by side in indifference. We need courage if we are to leave behind our self-centredness and walk on the way to unity. May our various traditions lead us to mutual enrichment in the full communion we seek, for the glory of Your name. Amen.

Lord, you said that You are the Truth. Make us then attentive to Your Truth. Only in this way we shall be ready to hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches today, to proclaim it for the salvation of the world, and no longer provoke scandal by our divisions. May we be gathered together in Your Truth from every corner of the earth, to the glory of Your name. Amen.

Lord, You said that You are the Life. Guide all of us, who through baptism have Life in You, to find that unity which will give us Your Life in its fullness. May our unity be a visible expression of the Life of the Blessed Trinity, for the salvation of the world and the glory of Your name. Amen.

POPE TO PRESIDE AT ECUMENICAL CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 25