Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: "I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does noy know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."
Consideration: Jesus' prayer to the Father, describes not only his love and relationship with his disciples, but, for us as well. By our faith believing in Jesus, we believe in his Father as well; glorifying God the Father, through our love for, and relationship with the Son. Jesus tells the Father that his disciples are a gift from him; and we too are a gift from the Father as well. Blessed are we, who place our hope and trust in the Lord. Amen.
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