By F.X. Cronin, Catholic Exchange - Yet, despite (Jesus') prayer and exhortation, despite His hope and command, we are far from one as a church and as a body of believers, in our contemporary world. And, as our human nature does so smoothly when it meets a compelling truth, we glide easily into altering the truth of this command to mean something God never intended. That is why Jesus prayed for us as He did.