Jesus prays for himself                                                                     March 28, 2010

  John 17:1-5

This prayer takes place after Jesus washes the disciples’ feet and before he was arrested and crucified.   He prays, “Father, the time has come, Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.  For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.  Now this is eternal life that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.  I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.  And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.”

This prayer has relevance today just as in the disciples’ time.  We should all be striving to glorify God in what we say and do, in our everyday lives, and in sharing the Gospel with others.   

Dear Lord, I pray that the community as a whole will strive to live in accordance with  the above prayer, striving to glorify you and you only.  In God’s name I pray. 

Amen