A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

The seventh Sunday of Easter.

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments, surrender all the cares and concerns of this day to the Lord. Say slowly from your heart, Jesus, I trust in you. You take over.

become aware that he is with you, looking upon you with love,

wanting to be heard deep within your heart. A reading from the Gospel of John, chapter 17, verses 1 through 11.

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son so that your son may glorify you. And through the power

over all mankind that you have given him, let him give eternal life to all those you have

entrusted to him. And eternal life is this, to know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

I have glorified you on earth and finished the work that you gave me to do.

Now, Father, it is time for you to glorify me with that glory I had with you before ever the world was.

I have made your name known to the men who took from the world to give me.

They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept their word.

Now at last they know that all you have given me comes indeed from you,

for I have given them the teaching you gave to me,

and they have truly accepted this, that I came from you

and have believed that it was you who sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the

world, but for those you have given me because they belong to you. All I have is yours, and all you

have is mine, and in them I am glorified. I am not in the

world any longer, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.

What word made this passage come alive for you? What did you sense the Lord saying to you?

Once more, give the Lord an opportunity to speak to you.

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