Son to Father
“Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.”
John 17:11b
At the Last Supper, during the final hours of His life on earth, Jesus prays. He speaks to the Father — not for Himself but for His disciples, for us. He asks His Father to preserve us, to keep us safe so that we may be one just as He and the Father are one. Jesus wants us to share in the Divine Life, that which is Love. But, how can we do that now? We live in the world, a world that is plagued by sin and evil. Yes, we live in it, but we must never succumb to its lies and allurements. We must remember that we are in the world but not of the world. We do not belong to this world. We are only pilgrims journeying toward our eternal destination. We must live in this world, caring for God’s creation, learning what is good and evil, taking what is good and leaving the bad, helping one another, standing up for the truth and condemning evil. Jesus was also in the world. He lived. He suffered. He died. He rose. He ascended. He came into the world, suffered, died, rose, and ascended so that we who are in this world, may too one day reach our heavenly home.
