Second Sunday of Easter (Year A) April 16 (Acts 2:42-47; Psalm 118; 1 Peter
1:3-9; John 20:19-31)
Unity is a source of great power and strength both for good and for ill.
Totalitarian regimes of all types force their people to be as lockstep as
possible. There is no room for individuality or independent thinking. We rightly
fear this sort of unity, although there has been a disturbing drift in its
direction in recent years.