Scripture Readings

Sunday, July 15, 2012

John 17:1-13 (Gospel, Fathers)

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Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
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as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
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And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
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I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
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And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
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I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
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Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.
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For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.
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I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
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And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them.
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Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
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While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
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But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.