Day 17 of 21
John 17
In his high priestly prayer Jesus asks the Father to glorify him, to keep and sanctify his disciples, and to unite all future believers in divine love.
Between the farewell discourse and the arrest, Jesus consecrates himself and his church in prayer.
“After having said, In the world you shall have tribulation, our Lord turns from admonition to prayer; thus teaching us in our tribulations to abandon all other things, and flee to God.”
“These things spoke Jesus, those things that He had said at the supper, partly sitting as far as the words, Arise, let us go hence; and thence standing, up to the end of the hymn which now commences, And lifted up His eyes and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Your Son.”
Catena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain
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