Sunday 16th May 2021

16 May 2021 by O'Connor Uniting Church in: Reflections

Easter 7

Lectionary Bible Readings

Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Psalm 1
1 John 5:9-13
John 17:6-19

 

The Psalms have a wonderful capacity to capture the reality of our human experience. They express the emotions, personal feelings, attitudes, gratitude, and interests of the average individual...

This first Psalm stands as a kind of introduction to the rest of the Psalms. Its subject matter is very general and basic, but it touches on two subjects that continually occur throughout the Psalms. It declares the blessedness of the righteous and the misery and future of the wicked...

https://bible.org/article/psalm-1-two-ways-life-psalm-wisdom

 

2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

All Christian churches in the ACT are invited to celebrate the 2021 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Sunday 16 May - Saturday 22 May.

During this week all Christians are invited to pray together for the visible unity of the body of Christ, which Jesus himself prayed for in John 17:21: “That all of them may be one, Father…..so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”