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The 13th to 23rd May offers a time of prayer for evangelisation has become known as Thy Kingdom Come and taps into the first novena we have in the Catholic Church, the Pentecost Novena, traditionally prayed from the Ascension to Pentecost for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

On Tuesday 9th March more than 1000 people tuned into the virtual resources launch for Thy Kingdom Come 2021. Audiences, from across the globe, ranging from Slovakia to Sri Lanka, Jamaica to Jersey and Korea to Canada tuned in for the event. A number of representatives from different denominations and tradtions including the URC, Church of Scotland, Roman Catholic Church, AOG, Salvation Army and Church in Wales were also present. A selection of new resources were unveiled by the team, catering for ages from 5 to 105 years old.

‍Thy Kingdom Come offers us to the opportunity to pray alongside our brothers and sisters from other Christian denominations for people to come closer to Christ. We can do this using the prayers of our own tradition, by going to Mass, or exploring other Catholic forms of prayer. We hope to inspire and enable practicing Catholics to pray for evangelisation – specifically praying for five members of their family or friends to come closer to Christ – as they pray ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ from the Ascension to Pentecost.

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