Unity is strength (Thursday, Easter 7, 2021)

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Have you ever wondered why Jesus was insistent on unity in His high priestly prayer? Why did He so passionately pray that we would be one as He and the Father are One? 


What I perceive as an answer to the above questions is found in the same prayer: "that the world may believe that the Father sent Him" (cf. Jn. 17:21).


As we Christians continue to fight with each other, I wonder what we want the world to believe. Many of us are die-hard racists and sectionalist: very divisive and jealous of one another. Such attitude would definitely affect the dissemination of the Gospel in a very negative way. 


Once there is a crack in a wall, it is doomed to collapse. Once there's division among us, every other thing begins to fall apart. When we do not speak with one voice even in worldly affairs, we may lack what it takes to make some impact. Disunity creates an enabling environment for the thriving of satanic projects.


Don't be surprised to know that babies are still being massacred in the womb; young people are being destroyed; marriages are breaking up; society is becoming more pervert; the kingdom of darkness is being promoted; and many people are on a fast lane to eternal damnation. When we lose our strong and unanimous moral voice, we lose everything. We can see why Jesus prayed that Christians be one.


That prayer for unity can only become effective in those who are filled with the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is the Source of unity (cf. Eph 4:3). St Paul tells us that “It was in one Spirit that all of us, whether Jew or Greek, slave or free, were baptized into one body” (cf. 1 Cor 12:13). In the Spirit, we are ONE.


The Spirit reverses divisions; closes every crack; unites us for a common goal; and destroys the strongholds of the devil (cf. 2 Cor 10:4). By the Spirit of Pentecost, all nations can once again communicate with each other and be restored to the unity of paradise (cf. Acts 2:5-11).


Prayer: 

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of all that we may continue to be in communion and union with You and with one another, Amen!


Have a blessed day!



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