An ecumenical prayer service will be held in Regina in spiritual communion with Christians around the world and with the Together 2023 ecumenical prayer vigil in Rome in the presence of Pope Francis and representatives of different Churches, to unite us in praise and silence, in listening to the Word.
Sunday, October 1, 2023
3 pm at Blessed Sacrament Parish, 2049 Scarth Street, Regina
The Together 2023 gathering coincides with the opening of the Synod of Bishops called by Pope Francis. The theme of this year’s synod is “synodality,” part of a 3-year reflection on how we walk together with the Holy Spirit in communal discernment. So, the Together 2023 theme invites us to reflect on how we are the people of God, how we share together in God’s mission in the world, and how we listen to one another and to the Holy Spirit.
Through baptism and the Scriptures, are we not sisters and brothers in Christ, united in a communion that is still imperfect but nevertheless real? Is it not Christ who calls us and opens a way for us to go forward with him as fellow travellers, together with those who live on the margins of our societies? On this journey, in a dialogue that reconciles, we want to remember that we need each other, not so that we might be stronger together but as a contribution to peace in the human family.
In gratitude for this growing sense of communion, we can find the momentum needed to meet today’s challenges faced with the polarisations that fracture the human family and the cry of the earth. In encounter and mutual listening, let us walk together as the people of God.
