MY daily reflection and prayer:
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Seventh Week of Easter
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to St. John 17:1-11
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began. I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you gave me is from you, because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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FROM the Gospel today we know that Jesus Christ has no thought for himself. In his prayer, his heart turns to the only one for whose glory he has carried out every act of his earthly existence, his Father. We read also in the Gospel today, that Jesus’s love for his Father embraces all those whom the Father has entrusted to him that is each of us, his followers.
Jesus’ trust in us as his followers inspires within us a similar unwavering confidence in our mission to save souls, to bring others to Jesus Christ. His own prayer is our assurance of our salvation.
In the Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist we worship Jesus Christ who assures us that his love for the Father embraces each of us. We hope in him because of his overflowing mercy.
Let’s pray: Lord Jesus Christ, you demonstrate your love for us. We love you and wish you to be the center of our lives. Help us to grow in our love for the Father and for souls now and forever. Amen.
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