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Gospel for 7th Sunday of Easter Year C

John 17:20-26

Summary: Jesus prays for believers to be united as one, as He is with the Father. He wishes for them to see His glory and know the Father's love.

Gospel Acclamation: I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord. I will come back to you, and your hearts will rejoice. (John 14:18)

Jesus' Prayer for Unity

Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: “Holy Father, I pray not only for them, 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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