Is Christ divided?
Those who claim Christ, groups or associations, families or communities, chapels or churches are seriously crumbled in a staggering fractional division.
» is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Is it in Paul’s name that you were baptized? » »
In Jesus name, we speak, we dress, pray and act separately, differently, different. Unfortunately, the diversity of these christian chapels, the profusion of these Christian communities and the oppositions displayed, argued and claimed of theology, spirituality and liturgy have ended up imposing an annual prayer meeting for the unity of Christians.
When Paul refuses to use the wisdom of human language, « which would deprive his sense of the cross of Christ », we are invited to more caution, in the sense of prudence, of restraint in our words and / or In our actions. This great balancing exercise commands consideration, discretion, gravity, moderation, PRECAUTIONARY, reserve, in sum, today, the statement of our dogmatic theology at the borders well marked between us and the Others would gain to see » rise a great light » that the first encyclical of Pope Francis calls » Lumen Fidei. » and that light, it must shine in and out.
Today we must be able to give more bold content to our quest for unity in Christ not only through the path of prayer, better, we must know tender a fraternal hand for the triumph of living together in the wealth of our diversity . Since the is not the goal to be achieved, the unit would highlight the mark of the light of the faith that lives in us, because each plant is authorized by the creator to bear fruit according to its genre.
And if we pretend to have the light, are the others really in the image of the » people walking in darkness… »
May we take advantage, the achievements of this week of prayer for the unity of Christians so as not to look at us over our walls of shame. Christ calls us in his suite, he calls us to the urgency of the moment: » convert, for the kingdom of heaven is close. »
