Each year on the Sunday between the Ascension and Pentecost we have a passage from the seventeenth Chapter of St. John’s Gospel. This is the Prayer of Jesus, concluding the great…
Homily for Easter 7A, 24 May 2020, John 17:1-11
In the days between the Ascension and Pentecost, the Church offers for our meditation the 17th Chapter of St. John’s Gospel. The choice is a happy one, for the great Priestly Prayer of Jesus is especially well suited for these days. In the light of the mystery of the Ascension, this prayer points towards our heavenly destiny, and unveils…