Daily Prayer

Reflection

Today, the Church enters the Sixth Sunday of Easter with a powerful theme: Jesus’ Prayer for Unity. In His final hours before the Passion, the Lord lifts His eyes to the Father and prays—not for miracles, not for escape, but for the unity of His disciples. This prayer, found in John 17, is a window into the sacred Heart of Christ.

He longs for unity, not merely as an ideal, but as a lived communion: the kind of unity He shares with the Father. “That they may all be one,” He says. Why? “So that the world may believe.” The credibility of the Gospel depends not only on what we preach, but on how we live in love and unity.

Division, bitterness, and pride disfigure the face of Christ in the world. But unity—true, holy, sacrificial unity—reveals Him. And such unity begins with humility, with repentance, and with a renewed devotion to the one Shepherd who binds all into one fold.

As we draw nearer to the great feast of Pentecost, let us open our hearts to the unifying fire of the Holy Spirit. The Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic—let us not merely profess this with our lips but witness to it in our lives.

Call to Action

Take time today to reach out to someone you are estranged from—whether in your family, parish, or workplace. Offer a word of peace or an apology. Unity begins with a single act of love and humility.