MAY THEY ALL BE ON

PRAYER MOMENT                          

Thursday 5 June 2014

MAY THEY ALL BE ONE

Pause. Be presence at the last supper.

Reading: “Holy Father, I pray not only for these, but for those also who through their words will believe in me. May they all be one.” (John 17:20-26)

Reflection. As Jesus bids farewell to his disciples he prays that they may “be true” and he also prays that they “be one”. He knew that when people set up anything – a church, a political party – divisions soon enter and energies are spent fighting each other rather than focusing on the goal. We know this. Yet in our concrete situations there are divisions amongst us that we can do something about! They may be in our work place, or our church or in our family among our relations. Just this week I have come across good people who cannot work together. Unity means sometimes giving way to others. It always calls for patience and when Paul describes love (in I Cor 13) the first thing he mentions is patience.  

Prayer. Lord, letus answer your call to unity. Help us to sometimes give way to others and always be patient. Amen.

David Harold-Barry SJ