Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” John 21: 15 At the core of discipleship is the questions of Jesus to Simon Peter, “Do you love me more than anyone or anything else?” We know that in his betrayal Peter had demonstrated that he did not…[read more]
The glory that you have given to me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one. I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have…[read more]
Make them holy in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake I make myself holy that they also may be made holy in truth. John 17: 17-19 In the prayer recorded in John 17, Jesus speaks much…[read more]
But life to me is not a thing to waste words on, provided that when I finish my race I have carried out the mission the Lord Jesus gave me—and that was to bear witness to the good news of God’s grace. Acts 20: 24 Now they know that everything that you have given me…[read more]
His disciples said, “ . . . Now we know that you know all things and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.” Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered each to your own home,…[read more]
So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice and no one will take your joy from you. In that day you will ask nothing of me. Amen, amen I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father he will give it to you in my…[read more]
And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven; there at the right hand of God he took his place, while they, going out, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the signs that accompanied it. Mark 16: 19-20 On this Feast of…[read more]
Since the God who made the world and everything in it is himself Lord of heaven and earth, he does not make his home in shrines made by human hands. Nor is he dependent on anything that human hands can do for him, since he can never be in need of anything; on the contrary,…[read more]
And when he [the Paraclete] comes he will expose the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. John 16: 8-11 In…[read more]
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. John 15: 15 Today’s gospel reading brings to mind, by way of contrast, a bit of…[read more]
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