Wednesday May 7, 2008: Acts 20:28-38; John 17:11b-19

The divisions that exist in the Christian fold remain the greatest scandal in Christianity. It was clearly not the intention of Jesus that we be this divided. He prayed for us “that we may be one” just as he is with the Father. As painful as it is that all Christian churches are not sharing in the same Eucharist, we have become too critical of each other. On any given Sunday, the sermons that come forth from Christian pulpits against fellow Christian churches are so divisive that it is doubtful if we all believe in one Jesus Christ. Every Christian in the world today must do his own part to make sure that we have a unified Christianity. Our divisions do not help in building God’s kingdom in the world, yet, that is what Christians are called to do. We have allowed the Evil One to infect us with the Spirit of divisions. We must root out this spirit from our Christian communities. We all have a responsibility to bring to realization the prayer of Jesus Christ, “that we may be one.”


What can you do to promote Christian unity in the world?