Knit our divided hearts

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This scene in the early Church takes our breath away. The resurrection’s astounding power still hums in the air, and the community responds with a radical, tangible unity. Saint Luke does not merely record doctrinal agreement, but a profound interior harmony: they were “one in heart and soul.” This unity of affections, will, and identity became startlingly tangible, as no one claimed personal ownership of their possessions.

Here lies a verse to pierce the soul, especially in this season of Lent. Our journey towards the Cross is an invitation to examine our separations—not only from one another, but within our very selves. How often is our heart divided from our soul? Our beliefs from our actions? Our faith from the stewardship of our means? We are quick to claim things as “mine”—my rights, my time, my resources, my opinion. And with each claim, we build invisible walls.

The miracle of the early Church was a grace-driven renunciation of such claims. This did not flow from any forced ideal, but from a resurrected truth: if Christ is indeed Lord, then nothing is ultimately "mine." He holds the final title. Lent calls us to a soft-hearted, open-handed surrender. It is a season to practise the art of not claiming what we call our own. Perhaps it is relinquishing a grievance we have nursed, or sharing a hoarded resource.

As we walk these forty days, we ask for the Spirit to knit our divided hearts into one, to align our minds with His, that our lives may increasingly manifest a generous, unclaimed grace. In this dying to self-possession, we find the true life of communion.

Let us pray: Lord, knit our divided hearts into one, that we might live in the generous communion of your Spirit. Amen.