What does it mean to be a Christian? Is one not just a follower but a disciple? Is it not to bear witness to the one we love and worship?
What message are we sending to the world, if we will not stand united with our Christian sisters and brothers around the world? To bear witness to the truth? To stand united against abortion and same sex marriages? Against secularism and materialism? Against poverty? Against the many moral ills of the world?
Let us stand United dear sisters and brothers as we bear witness and give glory to our one triune God. In everything we say, in everything we do; all in the love of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen
FIRST READING
Acts 22:30; 23:6–11
GOSPEL
John 17:20–26
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
“I pray not only for these, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”
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