A Poem a Sunday

Easter 7 C

May 8, 2016

Commentary:  Known as 'The High Priestly Prayer' Jesus prays for his followers on the night in which he is betrayed.  John's recording of this prayer is in bold contrast to the Synoptic Gospels.  Jesus is not sweating drops of blood, but is in charge and ready to go to the Father.  This is a mystical intercession showing us our oneness with Christ, the Divine, and the community of followers.

St. John 17:20-26 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

²⁰ “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will 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,^[a] 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. ²⁴ Father, 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.”

Footnotes:

1. John 17:21 Other ancient authorities read be one in us

A Poem a Sunday

Easter 7 C

May 8, 2016

             “I in them and you in me.”  St. John 17:23

                In the seed,

                in the soil,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

                In the water,

                in the Word,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

               

                In the sunshine,

                in the rain,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

               

                In the grain,

                in the grape,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

                In the bread,

                in the wine,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

       

                In the body,

                in the blood,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

                In the sister,

                in the brother,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

                In the peace,

                in the pain,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

                In the womb,

                in the tomb,

                Christ within,

                Life within.

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