The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026 from 18-25 January offers an invitation to draw on our shared heritage and to enter more deeply into the faith that unites all Christians.
We are invited to St Nicolas Church in Maisons-Laffitte at 8.30pm on Wednesday 21st January for a special service on the theme of “One body, one spirit”.
Paul’s epistles stress the importance of unity within the Church, urging us to live lives worthy of our calling with humility, gentleness, patience and love (Ephesians 4:1-3). Ephesians 4:4 summarises the teachings of Paul about unity, emphasising here, too, that the followers of Christ represent ‘one body and one Spirit’, united in a single hope. This metaphor signifies the Church as a unified entity transcending barriers of geography, nationality, ethnicity and tradition. Paul uses the metaphor of the Church being the Body of Christ to describe its unity within the diversity of its members.
