Jesus wants us to share in his complete joy. But in order to do so we must not give ourselves to the world or to the Evil One. We must be united with one another and with Jesus our head.
Holy Father, keep them in your name
that you have given me,
so that they may be one just as we are one.
We need to be firmly fixed in the truth of the saving work of Jesus. We need to be consecrated in that truth.
Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock
of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers,
in which you tend the Church of God
that he acquired with his own Blood.
Only in the truth of what Jesus does for us do we find the power to be in the world but not of it. Only Jesus is us is stronger than the devil in the world. And so the devil uses every lie at his disposal to lead us away from the truth that can resist him.
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you,
and they will not spare the flock.
And from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth
to draw the disciples away after them.
The world may well hate this word because it can see that the word does not just roll over when confronted with the works of the evil one. It remains pure. It remains holy. And to the world this can be a censure of its thoughts. In this sense we can never conform so as to please the world. We must remain in the word of truth, consecrated in truth, shining as lights to the world, sharing the joy and the victory that come from Jesus alone.
Show forth, O God, your power,
the power, O God, with which you took our part;
For your temple in Jerusalem
let the kings bring you gifts.
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