CHURCH UNITY OCTAVE begins this Friday. The prayer found on the back of today’s bulletin (SEE BELOW) will be recited after Mass each day of the Octave. Let us all pray for conversions to the true Faith, which is the way of obtaining true Christian unity.

A DEVOUT EXERCISE FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH – Raccolta #622
Ant. That they all may be one, as Thou, Father, in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
V. I say to thee, that thou art Peter,
R. And upon this rock I will build my Church. Let us Pray.
Lord Jesus Christ, Who didst say to Thine Apostles: peace I leave with you, my peach I give unto you, look not upon my sins, but upon the faith of Thy Church; and vouchsafe unto her that peace and unity which is agreeable to Thy will: Who livest and reignest God forever and ever. Amen. An indulgence of 300 days during the octave of prayers for the unity of the Church from the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter in Rom (Jan 18) to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul (Jan. 25). A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions at the end of the devout exercise.

Raccolta #624
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will is that all men should be saved and that none should perish, look upon the souls that are deceived by the guile of Satan, in order that the hearts of them that have gone astray may put aside all the perverseness of heresy, and, being truly repentant, may return to the unity of Thy truth. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. An indulgence of 3 years. A plenary indulgence on the usual conditions, when this prayer has been devoutly recited every day for a month.