Tuesday, 4th June

John 17:1–11a

After Jesus had spoken these words, he
looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so
that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all
people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is
eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom
you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me
to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I
had in your presence before the world existed. ‘I have made your name known to
those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to
me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given
me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and
they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have
believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on
behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are
yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in
them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am
coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me,
so that they may be one, as we are one.

Reflection

How do I glorify God?

Can I feel how God protect me in this
world?