January 2017 Morning Offering Prayer Intention

Here is the intention for this month when reciting the Morning Offering:

Christian Unity.  That all Christians may be faithful to the Lord's  teaching by striving with prayer and fraternal charity to restore ecclesial communion and by collaborating to meet the challenges facing humanity.

A reflection for this intention is found here.

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You will notice there is only one intention, rather than the traditional two. From the website:

Starting in 2017 the Pope will present only one prepared prayer intention per month, rather than the two presented before this year. He plans, however, to add a second prayer intention each month related to current events or urgent needs, like disaster relief. The urgent prayer request will help mobilize prayer and action related to the urgent situation. The Apostleship of Prayer will publish these urgent prayer intentions on this website as soon as we receive them from the Vatican.

So, there will be no more Universal Intention or Evangelzation Intention for the time being. Now, I happen to be a proponent of  "if it isn't broken, don't fix it; but do check to see if it is broken". I am wondering myself, "Is this change really necessary?"

I will be posting the updated intention only if I discover it myself.