This is coffee with God and I am father Jose let us begin this day with the word of God and a short reflection a reading from the holy Gospel according to John chapter 17 verses 20 to 26. the passage is taken from the message version of the Bible
I am praying not only for them but also for those who will believe in me because of them and their witness about me the goat is for all of them to become one heart and mine just as your father are in me and I in you
So they might be one heart and mind with us then the world might believe that you in fact sent me the same Glory you gave me I gave them so they will be as unified and together as we are i in them and you and me Dandy will be matured in this Oneness
And give to Godless for evidence that you have sent me and loved them in the same way you have loved me father I want those you gave me to be with me right where I am so they can see my glory this plan that you gave me
Having loved me long before there ever was a world Good righteous father the world has never known you but I have known you and these disciples know that you send me on this mission I have made your very being known to them who you are and what you do and continue to make it known
So that your love for me might be in them exactly as I am and am the gospel of the Lord reflections of the Holy Gospel According to Saint John chapter 17. verses 20-26 In the third part of his Priestly prayer Jesus stretches The Horizon after pleading with the father for him and for his disciples he now asks the father for the gift of faith and love for all those who believe in him may they all be one like you father in
Me and I in you Jesus wants us to be responsible for one another Brotherhood is the inevitable sign of authentic Christian Fellowship Jesus called for Brotherhood does not mean we all have to be shaped in the same mold our Faith Fellowship is a permanent invitation to know how to integrate
Others differences not to see them as threats but as possibilities for Mutual enrichment this is a constant challenge by Instinct we associate with people of the same culture who speak our language and share our thinking patterns when we regard people who are different from us in culture color race or nationality as enemies
We create a divided world and run into conflicts and Wars the words of Jesus today call on us to live as brothers and sisters sharing the joys and concerns of one another to consider the other I saw a brother or sister is always challenging it is extremely challenging not to
Impose ourselves not to compete Jesus prays that we his brothers and sisters have the generosity to reach out to help one another to understand one another and to lean on Where Mercy and compassion are a priority we easily forget Jesus’s invitation to Unity Unity cannot be imposed on the other
It’s a mutual gift that needs to be cultivated it is the fruit of the holy spirit that we are aspiring for Jesus concludes his Prayer by asking that we all love each other Pope Francis composed a beautiful prayer for Fraternity in his encyclical fratellituti let us join him and pray
Lord and father of humanity who created all human beings with equal dignity instill in our hearts a fraternal spirit Inspire us with a dream of reunion dialogue Justice and peace impulses to create healthier societies and a more dignified world without hunger without poverty without violence without Wars May our hearts open to all the peoples and nations of the Earth to recognize the good and beauty that you sold in each one to strengthen bones of unity of common projects of shared hopes amen
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