820. “Christ bestowed unity on his Church from the beginning. This unity, we believe, subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time.”277 Christ always gives his Church the gift of unity, but the Church must always pray and work to maintain, reinforce, and perfect the unity that Christ wills for her. This is why Jesus himself prayed at the hour of his Passion, and does not cease praying to his Father, for the unity of his disciples: “That they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, . . . so that the world may know that you have sent me.”278 The desire to recover the unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the Holy Spirit.279
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6. What does God reveal to man?
191. How do they participate in the kingly office?
554. In what does the prayer of intercession consist?
287. Why is the Holy Eucharist the paschal banquet?
548. How did the first Christian community in Jerusalem pray?
445. What does God prohibit by his command, “You shall not have other gods before me” (Exodus 20:2)?
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What can we learn from Edom’s pride described in Abdias 1:3?
How important is the supremacy of Christ according to Colossians 1:15-20?
What does the Song of Songs teach us about the search for the loved one?
