NEWSLETTER INSERTS – UNITY IN GOD’S WORD

‘I especially ask Christians in communities throughout the world to offer a radiant and attractive witness of fraternal communion. Let everyone admire how you care for one another, and how you encourage and accompany one another: “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (Jn 13:35). This was Jesus’ heartfelt prayer to the Father: “That they may all be one... in us... so that the world may believe” (Jn 17:21). Beware of the temptation of jealousy! We are all in the same boat and headed to the same port! Let us ask for the grace to rejoice in the gifts of each, which belong to all’.

Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel, 99

‘By means of your accord and harmonious love, Jesus Christ is sung. Form yourselves one and all into a choir, that blending in concord and taking the keynote of God, you may sing in unison with one voice through Jesus Christ to the Father, that he may hear you and recognize you through your good deeds to be members of His Son. Therefore, it is profitable for you to live in blameless unity, that you may always enjoy communion with God’.

St Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Ephesians, 4.

‘In today's Gospel Jesus fulfills Isaiah's prophecy, appearing as a great light in Galilee's darkness. On this Sunday of the Word of God, I reflect: is Scripture my primary light for navigating life’s shadows or do I rely instead on the lights of human opinion and fear?’

Intercom, December/January 2026

“Repent”, in other words, ‘Change your life’. Change your life, for a new way of living has begun. The time when you lived for yourself is over; now is the time for living with and for God, with and for others, with and for love. Today Jesus speaks those same words to you: “Take heart, I am here with you, allow me to enter and your life will change”.

Pope Francis, Word of God Sunday, 26 January 2020

'Make us a Church that prays with the Word, that is built upon it and shares it with joy, so that in every person the hope of a new world may be born again. May our faith grow in the encounter with you through your Word, moving us from the heart to reach out to others, to serve the most vulnerable, to forgive, build bridges, and proclaim life. Amen’.

Prayer by Pope Leo XIV, Intention for January 2026