John 17:20-26


I do not pray only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word:
that is that they all might be one;

just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you;
then they also might be in us –
so that the world might believe that you sent me. 

And the glory which you have given to me, I have given to them,
so  they might be one, as we are,
I am in them and you are me,
that is that they might be perfectly one
so that the world might know that you sent me ,
and you love them as you love me.
 

Father,
the ones you have given me, I want
that where I am, they are with me

so that they might see my glory
which you gave me
because you love me,
before the foundation of the world.

Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you,
I know you,
and these know you because you sent me.
And I have made known to them your word
and i will make it known,
so that the love which which you loved may be in them,
and I in them.

Teach us, good Lord,
to serve thee as thou deservest;
to give and not to count the cost;
to fight and not to heed the wounds;
to toil and not to seek for rest;
to labour and not to ask for any reward,
save that of knowing that we do thy will,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

St Ignatius

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