May 19th, 2024

St. Barnabas Anglican parish, Bluff.
16.05.24
today’s gospel John 17:20-26

20 “I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,
21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one,
23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

25“Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you have sent me.
​26 I made your name known to them, and I will make it known so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them and I in them.”

Let us pray

Ascended Lord Jesus Christ, as You pray for each of us, name us among Your apostles and the Saints to Your Father. As we read and meditate on this reading, may we open ourselves to Your prayer, praying for us. Lord, help us to let go of anything that holds us back from being Your true disciples. Help us to be one with You and each other.

Amen.