A line in today's Gospel goes: "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them." (Matthew 18: 20)
Unity does not mean that we are 'yes people'. But it does mean that we share a common belief, that we support and respect one another.
The world is riven with war and hatred, violence and torture. All so far away from anything to do with today's Gospel.
The division among faiths, among the Christian churches, the division within churches. And sometimes it seems we never consider anything wrong with division and disunity. But alas, these is also fake or false unity, complemented with all sort of superficial tricks of niceness and politeness.
It's consoling to say and think that God is the source and cause of unity. It seems we are forever underestimating the importance of unity.
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