St. Paul fusses with the people of Corinth: “I hear that when you meet as a Church there are divisions among you.” The reality of divisions in the Church goes back to the very beginning. But for the Apostle, the fact that there are divisions is a direct contradiction to the meaning of the Eucharist. “We are one body” he will insist a bit later in the letter. Certainly St. Paul does not expect all Christians to agree about everything all the time. But we need to find a way of disagreeing without being disagreeable, of treating the other as a brother or sister even when we hold different opinions. Instead of always insisting the rightness of my position can I walk in another’s shoes?
