Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14 / Luke 11:1-4
Human relationships are a mixture of ups and downs.
There are happy moments as well as sad ones.
There can be unity as well as divisions.
That happens not just in the world around us, it also happens in the Church.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul recalled how after his conversion, they met up with James, Cephas and John, and they shook hands as a sign of partnership.
But that moment of unity was broken into a confrontation between St. Paul and Cephas, aka Peter, over the issue of Peter’s relationship with the pagans.
That was certainly not a light matter and it could have erupted into a serious division within the Church.
It is in such times that the Church must realise what it is that keeps them together.
It is their common love for Jesus and with prayer they will be able to put aside differences and focus on the mission of caring and saving souls.
It is in such times that the Church must return to prayer and remember that prayer that Jesus taught them.
Prayer brings us to remember God’s love for us and that God forgives and we too must forgive each other over our differences.
It is our love for God that brings us back to prayer, and with prayer, there will be unity and blessings.