Ephesians 4:1-6 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
When Christ died, rose again, and ascended, He entrusted the Mission to His Church. In the upper room he had promised a number of resources to help us in that task: His Spirit, His peace, His abiding love... But the most delicate thing He entrusted to us is oneness - that is one thing He and the Father share in perfection which we have an uncanny way of disrupting. We are called to live in oneness under Christ's headship. That allows for so many breaches of contract - if, okay, when any one of us violates this oneness, it affects us all, and we all do it way to often. Our goal, the longer we are His, and the longer we are together, is to grow in that oneness more and more, not less and less. May we be recommitted to that task today.
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