Parallel with the liturgical movement, though less widespread and effective, there has been obvious among Catholics during the last decades a growing concern for the unity of Christians, an anguish that the divisions among Christians present a stumbling block to many who are seeking the truth, a longing that Christ's fervent prayer that ‘all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee’ be realized so that the world may believe in Christ's mission. In France and in Germany this anguish has taken hold of the faithful in a for greater measure than in this country; here there are but a few self-effacing individuals, encouraged by the memory of such men as the Abbé Paul Couturier and Dr Max Josef Metzger, working quietly that Christians in general, and Catholics in particular, become more conscious of the tragic divisions. This annual number off The Life of the Spirit is one fruit of that work.