We Catholics have a great (but not always honored) tradition of tolerating a wide variety of religious practice. In this Archdiocese we celebrate Mass in a great variety of ways, from very traditional ornate liturgies to more straightforward, simple gatherings. We use great pipe organs to play baroque music, and simple guitars to play more modern songs. They all work. It is a tradition which we should do all in our power to keep. Jesus asks as much in today's Gospel reading (Jn 17: 20-26) when He prays that all of His followers "may be one." That's a request that is easy to make, but on which it is tough to deliver. We all want unity-- division is a tool of the Evil One. No one likes to see Christians fighting with each other. But the problem is that we all seem to want unity on our own terms. Sure, let's be united, we say, but first you have to admit you're wrong. So often the things which divide us as followers of Christ turn out to be less important than they appeared to be at the time. In the Reformation people spent huge amounts of time and energy on the debate of faith versus works. But, as Lutherans and Catholics agreed 20 years ago, the division between the two was completely artificial. You need both, and if you have faith, you will have works. But your works must come from your faith. By themselves they are not what Jesus seeks from us. Everyone was so caught up in division that they couldn't see that at the time. We also live in a time when division is popular. We seem to look for ways to disagree, to find fault, even to mock what others say or do. Those behaviors are not from Christ. Unity is what Jesus preaches. We can be united if we pay attention to what truly matters, and avoid being caught up in disputes about, well, everything else. The next time we find ourselves thinking that we're right, and others are wrong, especially when it comes to matters of religious practice, we might ask ourselves whether this disagreement is so important we should put it before Jesus' prayer for unity.