Gospel: John
17:11b-19
Lifting
up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed, saying:“Holy Father, keep them in your
name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. When I
was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded
them, and none of them was lost except
the son of destruction in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. But now
I am coming to you. I speak this in the world so that they may share my joy
completely. I gave them your word, and the world hated them, because they do
not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. I do not ask that
you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the Evil One. They do
not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in
the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world so I sent them
into the world. And I consecrate myself for them so that they also may be
consecrated in truth.
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Reflection:
A husband and wife wanted to adhere to the teachings
of the church that marriage is for life. So they thought of ways on how they
would go about it. In their reflection they thought of making prayer as an
agent that would bind them together until they breathe their last in this
world. To make a long story short they made prayer part of their married life.
Thus they remained married until the end.
As Jesus was about to be arrested, He prayed to God
for His disciples. That they may continually be united as one in their mission,
united for the reason that they would not succeed without unity. Isn’t this true also inside a family or
married life? A family needs unity for it to succeed, what is the fruit of
unity inside the family/marriage? The fruits are: Humility, Honesty,
Forgiveness and many more positive attributes.
Every family/marriage that succeeds spiritually is a
praying family and a praying family is a united family. Let us therefore not devalue
the powerful miracle of prayer inside the family by not prioritizing prayer inside
the family. This is for the reason that a family that prays as one would remain
united until the end.
Is prayer already part of the culture of your family and
marriage? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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