Praying for Unity

Hours before his passion, death and resurrection,  Jesus does not pray for himself, but for US:  "Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: 'I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in my through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.'" (Jn 17: 20-21)  Ardently does Jesus desire union with us, and, it goes without saying, union with one another.  Pope St. John XXIII hoped and prayed "that they may be one."  Ut unum sint.  Yet division continues within the Church and beyond into a world becoming ever more fragmented.   We see it in ourselves as our shadow side looms ever on the horizon, or closer and with St. Paul we find ourselves not doing what we know we should be doing, and doing what we should not.  Evidently, this unity is not something we can achieve alone.  We need Jesus (again!).  Let our prayer be his...that he may help us become ONE.
Bro. Rene