Evening: Psalms 12, 13, 14; John 17:20-26
Jesus prays fervently for his followers before he leaves them to get on with their work. He does not pray that they be excellent or righteous but ... “that they may all be one.” Surely this does not mean that we are to lose our identities and become insipid and unrecognizable as ourselves. The uniqueness of each soul makes the whole human community immeasurably rich. Doesn’t Jesus mean, instead, that each of us must give a little, bend, sacrifice some of our own preferences and privileges, and agree to agree about things that matter?
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