1 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:14,400 Hi everyone, welcome back to daily gospel exegesis. 2 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:17,900 And if you've been listening for a while, you know how it works. 3 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:21,600 We really want to give you the tools to understand the literal 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:25,500 sense of the biblical text. What was the author trying to 5 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:28,500 say when he use these particular words in this particular time 6 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:31,100 period? So really Into the study of the 7 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:35,700 Bible text itself today. We're continuing in the great 8 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:39,000 High Priestly prayer of Jesus. We're looking at John chapter, 9 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:45,300 17 verses 20 to 26. Jesus raised his eyes to heaven 10 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:50,700 and said, holy father. I pray not only for these but 11 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:54,400 also for those who through their words will believe in me. 12 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:59,300 May they all be one father. May they be one in US? 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,900 As you are in me, and I am in you so that the world may 14 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:08,700 believe it was you who sent me? I have given them the glory you 15 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:12,200 gave to me. That they may be one. 16 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,700 As we are one with me in them and you in me. 17 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,800 May they be so completely one that the world will realize that 18 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,000 it was you who sent me. And that I have loved them as 19 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,900 much as you have loved me. Father, I want those. 20 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:33,300 You have given me to be with me where I am so that they may 21 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:36,500 always see the glory. You have given me because you 22 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:39,200 have loved me before the foundation of the world. 23 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:45,300 Father, righteous one. The world has not known you but 24 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:49,600 I have known you and these have known that you have sent me. 25 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,100 I have made your name known to them and will continue to make 26 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:56,800 it known. So that the love with which you 27 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,500 loved me, may be in them. And so that I may be in them. 28 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:07,500 So let's start as we always do, by considering the context, what 29 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:10,400 is just happened? So the Last Supper has finished, 30 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,400 and they're walking towards the Garden of Gethsemane and it 31 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,700 appears maybe they've stopped to pray somewhere. 32 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,200 This prayer that Jesus is praying today. 33 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,300 It started at the start of chapter 17. 34 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,100 It's often called the high Priestly prayer of Jesus. 35 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,000 And when we looked at it yesterday, there's at the the 36 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,700 first part of the prayer has a particular focus on. 37 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,300 Jesus asking the father to watch over the apostles when they're 38 00:02:34,300 --> 00:02:37,700 faced difficult trials in the world, and we looked at that 39 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:40,900 yesterday. And as you would have heard, 40 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:43,400 when I read that passage out, there's some really deep 41 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:45,900 complex. Trinitarian theology in here. 42 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:49,900 There's Deep mystical Unity that Jesus is talking about here. 43 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:54,300 And so in this podcast, we're not going to be able to draw out 44 00:02:54,300 --> 00:02:58,000 all of the riches that Jesus was, you know, probably 45 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 intending. Even we're just going to do our 46 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,100 best to see. What does it mean on the most 47 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:04,700 literal level of the text. But this is one of those Bible 48 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:09,100 passages where perhaps the best way to learn from it is to sit 49 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:14,600 with a meditate on it. Let's start our exploration here 50 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:18,000 at the start of verse 20. Now this Phrase here is not 51 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,100 actually in the original. It says Jesus raised his eyes to 52 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:26,400 heaven and said, holy father. Now, that was part of earlier, 53 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,800 in John chapter 17, but the lectionary has also added it to 54 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,700 the start of today's reading, just to make it a bit clearer 55 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:35,500 and give it a bit of context before Jesus launches into the 56 00:03:35,500 --> 00:03:39,400 prayer. Jesus says, I pray not only for 57 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:44,300 these so Jesus up until now was praying for the apostles. 58 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:48,200 But now he says he's probably not only for these but also for 59 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,700 those who through their words will believe in me. 60 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:55,000 So Jesus is now going to pray for all those who will believe 61 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,400 through the preaching of the Apostles in the apostolic age 62 00:03:59,300 --> 00:04:01,200 and that probably means by extension. 63 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:05,300 He's thinking of all future Christian Believers, so probably 64 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:09,000 we if we're Christians These are included in Jesus prayer here. 65 00:04:12,300 --> 00:04:15,400 Verse 21. Now, Jesus starts use this 66 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,800 language of Oneness. May they all be one. 67 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:24,600 So Jesus, here is praying that all Christians past present and 68 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,200 future will be United in will, and Mission. 69 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:31,700 That's the main meaning of will be one United in will and 70 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:35,000 Mission, some Scholars have pointed out that because Jesus 71 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,200 wants all future Christians to be one. 72 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:41,400 May they all be one if he really does mean all future Christians, 73 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,600 Jesus. Might be talking about a deep 74 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:46,300 Oneness, which actually transcends time and space. 75 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:49,200 In fact, he probably is, he's probably talking about a Oneness 76 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,100 that derives from the Trinity itself, who is outside of time. 77 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,100 You've probably heard this verse before. 78 00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:01,400 May they all be one and possibly in the context of discussions 79 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,300 about relationships between Christian denominations, maybe 80 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:09,100 The ecumenical movement, you tend to hear it talked about in 81 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:11,300 those discussions, where the goal of the ecumenical movement 82 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:14,700 is so that all Christians might all be one. 83 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:19,100 And that's okay, but we need to keep in mind the next part of 84 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,200 the verse, the next phrase in this verse because Jesus is 85 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,900 going to tell us what it's going to take in order to Achieve that 86 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:29,500 Oneness father, may they be one in us. 87 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,500 So notice that Jesus prayer is not that Christians would be one 88 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:38,900 in and of themselves, but rather be United to God under the 89 00:05:38,900 --> 00:05:41,600 father and the son, that's the Oneness that Jesus wants. 90 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:46,000 He goes on as you are in me, and I am in you. 91 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,800 So the father and the son, this Jesus is talking to the father 92 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:52,600 here. He's talking about the Deep 93 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,800 Intimacy in unity that they already have as members of the 94 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,800 trinity. Jesus is saying that Christians 95 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,600 are called to share a similar Oneness amongst themselves and 96 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,500 with the Trinity. So, to go over that again, 97 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,600 there's this deep Oneness that already exists between the 98 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,800 father and the son. And Jesus wants Christians to be 99 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,300 part of that same Oneness. We should never forget the kind 100 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:20,200 of unity. Jesus is looking for here. 101 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,700 Jesus is praying for a deep mystical Union between 102 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:28,300 Christians and God himself. A deep mystical Union between 103 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:31,100 Christians and God. Now that would include being in 104 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:34,000 line with God's will. We can't have a deep Unity with 105 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:35,700 God if we're not in line with his will. 106 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:41,200 So this is the difficult aspect of the ecumenical movement or at 107 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,100 least using this verse to support The ecumenical movement. 108 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,900 The teaching of this verse is that Christians cannot be one 109 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:50,200 unless we're in line with God's will. 110 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:54,500 That's difficult in the academic, human accomplishment, 111 00:06:54,500 --> 00:06:56,900 because different Christians, have different opinions, and 112 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:00,400 different understandings of God. And so, it makes it quite 113 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,300 difficult to achieve that particular thing. 114 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,100 So with that said, Jesus now explains what he wants. 115 00:07:07,100 --> 00:07:12,000 The final goal of Christian union, Unity to be so that the 116 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,700 world may believe it was you who sent me? 117 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,400 Jesus desire. Is that Christians would be 118 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,400 clearly United to the father's will and then the world will 119 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,400 take notice of Christians. And as a result, they will 120 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,600 realize that Jesus was indeed sent from God. 121 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,900 That's the end goal of Christian Unity for the world to take 122 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:34,400 notice. And to realize that Jesus has in 123 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,900 fact, been sent by God. The goal of Christian Unity. 124 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:43,600 Then According To Jesus is not so much for the church per se as 125 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,300 it is. But so, that more people would 126 00:07:46,300 --> 00:07:48,900 be turned to God and his kingdom and his church. 127 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:53,000 That's the goal of Christian Unity to bring others into that 128 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,800 Unity. So, one of the early Christian 129 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,400 writers, st. Cyril of Alexandria says this 130 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,000 about this particular verse Christ Wishes. 131 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,900 The disciples to be kept in a state of Unity by maintaining a 132 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:10,500 like-mindedness and Identity of will being mingled together as 133 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:14,700 it were in Soul and Spirit and in the Law of Peace and Love for 134 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:17,500 one another, he wishes them to be bound together. 135 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:21,600 Tightly with an unbreakable Bond of love that they may Advanced 136 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,800 to such a degree of unity that they're freely chosen 137 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,300 Association. Might even become an image of 138 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:32,000 the natural Unity that is conceived to exist between the 139 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,700 father and the son. So such deep complex, relational 140 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:39,100 language that's used. Here, even from the church 141 00:08:39,100 --> 00:08:41,500 Fathers as they reflected on this passage. 142 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:45,900 One thing that's interesting to consider that Scholars have 143 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:49,000 pointed out is that if Jesus wants the world, to notice the 144 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:55,100 church and in terms of noticing the church's Unity, that means 145 00:08:55,100 --> 00:08:58,700 the church has to in some sense. Be visible and organized. 146 00:08:59,500 --> 00:09:01,900 So it tells us at least to an extent. 147 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:05,800 What Jesus wants the church to look like verse 22. 148 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,400 I have given them the glory. You gave to me. 149 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,800 Jesus is talking about the apostles. 150 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,200 It appears this appears to be a reference to the Divine 151 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,100 communion which exists between the father and the son. 152 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,000 And so since the apostles have now entered, the kingdom of God. 153 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,700 They have their in fellowship with God. 154 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:27,000 They have achieved eternal life. Jesus is saying that they have 155 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,600 experienced this Divine communion of the Trinity also, 156 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,500 which is quite phenomenal. The apostles, According To 157 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:37,200 Jesus. Are experiencing at this moment 158 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,600 that he's speaking the Divine Union with God. 159 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,600 Then he adds this to the end that they may be one even as we 160 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,600 are one. So Jesus desires that the 161 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,700 apostles and all Christians would be United, just like the 162 00:09:53,700 --> 00:09:57,800 Trinity is so it's incredible. Standard to look, too. 163 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,400 Isn't it? The unity of the Trinity is what 164 00:10:00,400 --> 00:10:02,800 Jesus wants the unity of Christians to look like. 165 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:06,400 As far as possible. Verse 23, the he starts to use 166 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,900 even more deep language with me in them and you in me, so it's 167 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:15,000 the language of deep abiding. T the Trinity dwells within 168 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,700 Christians both individually and collectively. 169 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,700 As long as they stay joined to God. 170 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,000 May they be completely one or more? 171 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:24,700 Literally. There. 172 00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:28,200 It says perfectly one. Notice that Jesus says, he 173 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,800 doesn't want Christians to be sort of one or somewhat one. 174 00:10:31,900 --> 00:10:35,800 He wants them to be 100% perfectly United, just as the 175 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,800 father and the son are now, naturally that would be 176 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,200 impossible to have fallen humans. 177 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:44,900 Achieve 100% Unity by themselves, is not possible. 178 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,700 But remember, it's the Trinity's Union, which is the source of 179 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:51,300 this Unity. So it is possible. 180 00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:54,300 Regard. And then Jesus against it is 181 00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:59,600 that the world will realize that it was you who sent me and that 182 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,300 I have loved them as much as you love me. 183 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,100 Now, this is not a very good translation. 184 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:09,000 It's understandable because there's such a difficult 185 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,900 language. In those different pronouns 186 00:11:10,900 --> 00:11:13,400 being used here. I think our lectionary doesn't 187 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:14,900 get this line. Right? 188 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:18,700 So our lectionary has it as and that I have loved them as much 189 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:22,100 as you have loved me. What the text actually just says 190 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:25,900 here is an test. Love them as you have loved me. 191 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,300 And so that would suggest the text is talking about the 192 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:33,100 father. So the father loves Christians, 193 00:11:33,500 --> 00:11:36,200 As much as the father loves Jesus, that that would be a 194 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,800 better translation. So that is a profound Truth. 195 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:46,900 The Father loves Christians just as much as he loves the Sun and 196 00:11:46,900 --> 00:11:51,500 Jesus wants the world to realize that the father has a special 197 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,200 love for Christians. We should never forget that. 198 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,000 The father loves the world and that's certainly a teaching of 199 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,700 the Gospel of John and he also loves Christians in particular. 200 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,300 And this verse says he loves them as much as he loves his son 201 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,600 and that is an incredible privilege that we get to be a 202 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,300 part of Verse 24. Father. 203 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:13,100 I want those. You have given me to be with me, 204 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:16,600 where I am. Jesus desires, that his 205 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,500 followers can be with him in heaven. 206 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,200 That's what he means by those. You have given me as we've seen 207 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,100 a few times in this podcast. That's a reference to Christian 208 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:28,800 followers. This is a desire that his 209 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,800 followers would be with him in heaven. 210 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,900 I want those, you have given me to be with me where I am. 211 00:12:35,900 --> 00:12:37,700 You could also interpret this to mean. 212 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:40,700 He wants followers to be to have the Divine Unity. 213 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,600 To the same extent that Jesus has with the father, something 214 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,800 like that. But notice how strong Jesus 215 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,500 desire is to be with his people. I want those, you have given me 216 00:12:50,500 --> 00:12:53,200 to be with me. Where to be with me, where I am. 217 00:12:53,900 --> 00:12:58,000 Jesus wants us to be with him. Then he adds this so that they 218 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:00,400 may always see the glory, you have given me. 219 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:05,100 So if Jesus here is talking about, he wanting Christians to 220 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:08,500 be in heaven with him and that would certainly seem to be 221 00:13:08,500 --> 00:13:11,200 what's going on here. Jesus is Desiring. 222 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,600 The Christians can see him in his true form, as the Son of 223 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,600 God. And in fact, that is a Christian 224 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,000 teaching in heaven. Christians will be able to 225 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,900 behold Jesus in His True trinitarian Glory. 226 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:28,700 We will be able to see Jesus with the glory, that the father 227 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:30,600 has given him in Catholic theology. 228 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,000 We call this. A to the beatific Vision. 229 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:36,200 That is what Christians get access to in heaven. 230 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,800 John the author of this passage would like to reflect on this 231 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,000 teaching by saying beloved. We are God's children. 232 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,300 Now, what we shall be has not yet been revealed. 233 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,400 We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him 234 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:51,600 for. We shall see him as he is. 235 00:13:51,900 --> 00:13:57,500 That's in 1, John 3:2. And then he adds this last 236 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:01,600 phrase because you have loved me before the foundation of the 237 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,000 world. This is an incredible deep 238 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,200 trinitarian truth that you could spend hours thinking about this, 239 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,300 you have loved me before the foundation of the world. 240 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:15,100 The father has begotten. The son and has loved him and 241 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:19,200 bestowed glory on him, since eternity, before the world, even 242 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,700 existed before time existed, the father begat, the son and has 243 00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,000 loved him and he continues To do this, as well. 244 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:30,700 Jesus continues verse 25, father, righteous one. 245 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:32,800 That's what he calls him in this passage. 246 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,800 The world has not known you, so, the world, which is those who 247 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,300 don't believe in in Jesus. They do not understand the 248 00:14:40,300 --> 00:14:44,200 father, or his will, because they've rejected Jesus. 249 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:47,500 But Jesus says, but I have known you. 250 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:51,700 So Jesus himself knows the father's will and these you have 251 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:54,900 known that you have sent me. So Jesus. 252 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,200 It says, Christian, Believers, present, and future are those 253 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:03,100 who know Jesus is sent by God. That's who Jesus is thinking. 254 00:15:03,100 --> 00:15:05,400 Of those who know Jesus is sent by God. 255 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,700 Verse 26, I have made your name known to them. 256 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,200 So Jesus says I have revealed the father's will to my 257 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,400 followers and will continue to make it known. 258 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:21,100 This is interesting because Jesus knows that he's leaving 259 00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:23,900 the world. But he still he promises here to 260 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:27,600 continue to make the father known to his book to his 261 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,300 followers. So he must be teaching that he's 262 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:33,400 going to do that from Heaven. He will continue to teach 263 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,600 Christians through the Holy Spirit from heaven. 264 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,900 And we see that particular. In chapter 16 verse 13. 265 00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:42,700 When Jesus talks about the role of the Holy Spirit. 266 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:46,300 And that's another amazing thing to draw out of this passage 267 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:50,100 Jesus ministry and his service. To Christians does not end at 268 00:15:50,108 --> 00:15:52,600 his death. He is teaching and guiding 269 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:55,500 Christians for all eternity, particularly through the 270 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:59,500 guidance of the church. So that the love with, which he 271 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,500 loved me. May be in them. 272 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:05,900 And so that I may be in them. So Jesus desires, that Christian 273 00:16:05,900 --> 00:16:09,300 Believers, would be infused with the love of the father and his 274 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:13,700 own presence. He wants his own followers to I 275 00:16:13,700 --> 00:16:17,800 love that the father that he's experienced about the father. 276 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,300 So there's so much going on there and it's well worth 277 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:24,900 meditating on if we were to summarize, this particular part 278 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:26,600 of the Great High Priestly prayer. 279 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:30,200 We could say something like this through the Holy Spirit, the 280 00:16:30,208 --> 00:16:33,400 Divine love with which the father has loved the Sun from 281 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,400 all eternity. Becomes a living reality in 282 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:41,000 Jesus disciples as they come to know the father whom Jesus has 283 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,400 revealed more deeply through the Holy Spirit. 284 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,500 Eret. The disciples love and 285 00:16:45,500 --> 00:16:50,100 participation in the Divine communion will increase until at 286 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:51,900 last. They reached the goal of 287 00:16:51,900 --> 00:16:54,400 remaining forever in the father's house. 288 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,300 So that is the end of the great High Priestly prayer. 289 00:17:00,100 --> 00:17:02,400 And if you've been following this podcast for a while, over 290 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:08,000 the last three or four weeks. This ends the long section of 291 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,300 the complex monologues that Jesus gives on Holy Thursday. 292 00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:14,200 For the next few days in the podcast will be looking at 293 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,099 something different. We have finished the complex 294 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:19,900 sayings of Jesus on Holy Thursday and you're probably 295 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:23,900 quite excited about that because although there's a lot of 296 00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:26,599 richness in them and we've certainly done our best in the 297 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:28,200 podcast. There's also a lot of depth in 298 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,800 them and it can be quite difficult to stay with them for 299 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:33,900 a long time. So, well done on getting to this 300 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:37,100 point. So that's the end of chapter 17. 301 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:41,700 So if you read on from the Gospel of John, after this you 302 00:17:41,708 --> 00:17:45,900 get to chapter 18 and that describes the arrest of Jesus in 303 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:49,100 the garden and his various trials on, Holy Thursday and 304 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,300 Good Friday. Now that whole chapter chapter 305 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:55,900 18 is read on Every Good Friday. If you go to Mass on Good 306 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:59,300 Friday, but it's never read in small chunks. 307 00:17:59,300 --> 00:18:02,400 So you don't get a chance to really meditate on specific. 308 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,600 Small parts of chapter 18 and 19. 309 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:09,600 So We want to break down the text of chapter 18 and 19 as 310 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,600 bonus episodes of the podcast, and you can get access to those 311 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,200 bonus episodes by becoming a patreon supporter. 312 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,700 So, if you've enjoyed the way that we've been analyzing these 313 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,300 small parts of texts from the Gospel of John and you'd like to 314 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:26,700 see the same thing happen to chapter 18 and 19. 315 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,100 You won't get a chance as part of the regular podcast because 316 00:18:30,900 --> 00:18:34,800 you never hear small chunks of chapter 18 and 19 in the litter. 317 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,800 Here, but if you are willing to become a regular monthly donor, 318 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:42,300 to help support the work of this podcast, then you can get access 319 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:47,600 to these bonus episodes where we do in exegesis of parts, of 320 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,300 chapter, 18 and chapter 19. We break it down into smaller 321 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:55,400 parts, so we can keep going through it and really mind the 322 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,300 riches of this text. So, please prayerfully consider 323 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,300 becoming a patreon supporter of the ministry and you can see 324 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:04,000 more information about that in the show notes. 325 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:09,400 So let's finish today and let's finish the sayings of Jesus on 326 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:13,700 Holy Thursday by looking at some catechism passages, as we always 327 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:18,100 do, there's quite a few places in the catechism, which make 328 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:19,700 reference. So this, we just want to read 329 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:22,900 out a few of the highlights paragraph, 260. 330 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:27,000 This is about the Trinity and the works that the Trinity does 331 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,000 the ultimate end of the whole Divine economy is the entry of 332 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:35,000 God's creatures into the perfect Unity of the Blessed Trinity. 333 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:38,700 But even now, we are called to be a dwelling for the Most Holy 334 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:41,800 Trinity. If a man loves me says the Lord, 335 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,300 he will keep my word and my father will love him and we will 336 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:47,300 come to him and make our home with him. 337 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,800 That is an incredible Catholic teaching right there. 338 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,300 The whole point of the Divine economy. 339 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:56,300 The whole point of salvation for humans is so that we as 340 00:19:56,300 --> 00:20:01,300 creatures could become United to the Blessed Trinity paragraph 341 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,200 877. This is about the ecclesial 342 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,000 Ministry. Likewise. 343 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,100 It belongs to the sacramental, nature of ecclesial Ministry 344 00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:10,000 that it have a collegial character. 345 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:13,400 In fact, from the beginning of his ministry, the Lord Jesus 346 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,200 instituted the 12 as the seeds of the new Israel and the 347 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,600 beginning of the Hierarchy chosen together. 348 00:20:20,700 --> 00:20:24,000 They were also sent out together and they're fraternal Unity 349 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,800 would be at the service of the Fraternal. 350 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,200 Communion of the faithful. They would reflect and witness 351 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,800 to the communion of the Divine persons for this reason. 352 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,100 Every Bishop exercises his ministry. 353 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,100 From within the Episcopal College in communion with the 354 00:20:38,100 --> 00:20:40,400 bishop of Rome, the successor of st. 355 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,100 Peter and the head of the college. 356 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,100 So also priests exercise their Ministry from within the 357 00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:49,300 Presbyterian of the diocese. Under the direction of the 358 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:52,800 bishop. So that particular passage talks 359 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:57,800 about how Jesus wanted the apostles to work, particularly 360 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,400 as people, who are going to spread the kingdom of God, and 361 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,600 how that extends to priests and Bishops today. 362 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,300 Paragraph 8, 2 0. This is about Unity. 363 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:10,700 Of course a key theme of this passage today has been about 364 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:12,800 Unity Christ. Bestowed. 365 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,800 Unity on his church from the beginning. 366 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:17,800 This Unity. We believe subsists in the 367 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,900 Catholic church as something she can never lose and we hope that 368 00:21:21,900 --> 00:21:25,800 it will continue to increase Until the End of Time Christ. 369 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,100 Always gives you this church, the gift of unity, but the 370 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:33,200 church must always pray and work to maintain reinforce and 371 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,400 perfect. The unity that Priced Wills for 372 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,500 her. This is why Jesus himself prayed 373 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:42,400 at the hour of his passion and does not cease praying to his 374 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:46,600 father for the unity of his disciples that they may all be 375 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:51,400 one as you father are in me and I am in you may they also be one 376 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,700 in us. So the world may know that you 377 00:21:53,700 --> 00:21:56,800 have sent me. The desire to recover. 378 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:01,000 The unity of all Christians is a gift of Christ and a call of the 379 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,600 holy spirit. So here, the Catholic teaching 380 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,600 is the desire to do ecumenism is, in fact, a good one one 381 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,300 that's motivated by the holy spirit because Jesus himself 382 00:22:12,300 --> 00:22:16,100 wants Oneness in the church paragraph 690. 383 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:20,100 This is about the Son and the spirit, when Christ is finally 384 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:22,800 glorified. He can in turn, send the spirit 385 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,500 from his place with the father to the Through believe in him. 386 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,200 He communicates to them his glory. 387 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:34,100 That is the Holy Spirit who glorifies him from that time on 388 00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:37,200 this joint Mission will be manifested in the children, 389 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,700 adopted by the father, in the body of his son. 390 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,100 The mission of the spirit of adoption is to unite them to 391 00:22:43,100 --> 00:22:45,500 Christ and make them live in him. 392 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:51,900 Lastly, paragraph 2751. This is about Jesus prayer. 393 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:56,100 Finally, in this prayer. Jesus reveals and gives to us 394 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,600 the knowledge, inseparably one of the father and of the son, 395 00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:04,000 which is the very mystery of the life of Prayer. 396 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,100 So thank you for sticking with us through these past three or 397 00:23:09,100 --> 00:23:13,400 four weeks, as we've looked at the complex teachings that Jesus 398 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,700 gives on Holy Thursday at the Last Supper in the farewell 399 00:23:16,700 --> 00:23:18,500 discourse. And now in the great High 400 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:21,100 Priestly prayer. I hope you'll agree that digging 401 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:24,400 into it in this way. Gives us so much richness that 402 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,500 we might not get to think about or understand. 403 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:33,400 If we just listen to a sermon at church, Thanks again for 404 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,900 listening. 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