John 17:11-19 They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. If we trace the use of the word ‘world’ through the New Testament we find that we are being asked to hold several concepts at once. In John’s Gospel …
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Tuesday, Seventh Week of Easter
John 17:1-11 I have made your name knownto those you took from the world to give me.They were yours and you gave them to me,and they have kept your word. Today we hear again the opening verses of Chapter 17 of John’s Gospel. Each couple of sentences presents us with an idea which builds up …
Monday, Seventh Week of Easter
John 16:29-33 I am not alone,because the Father is with me.I have told you all thisso that you may find peace in me. How often have you prayed for someone that they may find peace? Perhaps someone might have to make a difficult decision or comes to terms with a difficult some difficult circumstances: we …
Seventh Sunday of Easter
John 17:11-19 ‘Consecrate them in the truth;your word is truth.As you sent me into the world,I have sent them into the world,and for their sake I consecrate myselfso that they too may be consecrated in truth.’ In recent months as the inquiry into the Post Office scandal has unfolded, I have thought a good deal …
Saturday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:23-28 I tell you most solemnly,anything you ask for from the Father he will grant in my name.Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete. In the Penny Catechism the treatment of prayer looks very straight forward: What is prayer?Prayer …
Friday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:20-23 You are sad now,but I shall see you again,and your hearts will be full of joy,and that joy no one shall take from you.When that day comes,you will not ask me any questions. When Jesus speaks to the disciples about ‘a joy that no one shall take’ from them, I wonder how they …
Ascension
Mark 16: 15-20 Go out to the whole world;proclaim the Good News to all creation. Beginnings and endings matter a great deal in so many areas of our lives. In literature and theatre we are keenly aware of the power of the beginning and ending of a work. Some stories end with all the ends …
Wednesday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:12-15 When the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth… When I was at Primary school I remember listening to the teacher as she sorted out a playground fight. Two 7 yr old boys were standing at the front of the class, eyes fixed on the the floor. ‘Now, who …
Tuesday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:5-11 I must tell you the truth:it is for your own good that I am goingbecause unless I go, the Advocate will not come to you. It’s fairly easy to put ourselves in the position of the disciples: the prospect of Jesus going is sad and the promise of the Advocate coming is very …
Monday, Sixth Week of Easter
John 15:26-16:4a You too shall be my witnesses,because you have been with me from the beginning. Growing up in the North East in the 70s and 80s I don’t think I ever heard the words ‘mission’ or ‘discipleship’ in relation to my own faith journey. Neither did I have any sense of having to ‘witness’ …