Preparation for Sunday mass: John 17:1-11


We present here the text that will be read at Sunday mass, the seventh Sunday of Easter and we formulate some questions that might help us prepare to hear the reading.

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After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. 5 So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

6 "I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; 8 for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.

Questions for adults:

- What hour has come?

- How has the Son glorified the Father?

- How does the Father glorify the Son?

Questions for kids:

- Who are those who belong to Jesus?

- Where is Jesus going?

- What is Jesus asking for on behalf of those who belong to him?

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