Gospel: John 17:11b-19
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:
The story is
told about a husband and wife who 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. 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 and married life? A family needs unity for it to
succeed, what are the fruits 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/marriage. Because the family
that prays as one would remain united forever.
Is prayer already part of the culture of your life, family and marriage? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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