The High Priestly Prayer - John 17:1-26

READ JOHN 17:1-26

Jesus, you give me life. You are praying for me. You are guarding me. You create unity amongst believers. You are developing love in me. Holy Father, you keep me believing. You are my high priest. My salvation is totally due to your kindness toward me. I don’t get it as I should. Your work is so magnificent and I am so dumb – I’m sorry. Thank you for being for me and saving me while I am helpless. Please change my understanding. Please break my resistance. Please help me see as I should. Amen

Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. - Psalm 17:8–9

Our Lord, the only begotten who is co-eternal with the Father but who also took the form of a servant, could have prayed in silence if need be. But by praying out loud he wanted to show himself as one who prayed to the Father; he remembered that he not only had to pray but to teach. And so, the prayer that he offered for us, he also made known to us. For it was not only his discourse but also his prayers that were a source of edification for his disciples—and for us who read it today. – Augustine

The plan to save and keep the sheep is glorious to us because we are saved, and it brings glory to God. Our salvation and