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In His great prayer to the Father, Jesus can testify that His own, who were entrusted to Him by the Father, have kept His Word: “Now at last they have recognised that all you have given me comes from you, for I have given them the teaching you gave to me, and they have indeed accepted it” (Jn 17:7-8). Read More

We continue to meditate in detail on the 17th chapter of John, which is an eminent expression of the profound relationship between the Father and the Son.

Raising His eyes to heaven, Jesus said to His Father:

“I have revealed your name to those whom you took from the world to give me. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word” (Jn 17:6). Read More

“Father, glorify me with that glory I had with you before ever the world existed” (Jn 17:5).

The time has come for Jesus to return to the Father. He has fulfilled His mission and has left to His own all that they need to advance towards eternity and to reach the eternal dwelling that He is preparing for them in His Father’s House (cf. Jn 14:2-3). Read More

We continue meditating on chapter 17 of the Gospel of St. John. Before the hour of His Passion comes, Jesus turns to the Father and says:  “I have glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do” (Jn 17:4).

Jesus acts in the Name of the Heavenly Father and thus shows us how much He cares for our salvation, giving us His love to the end: “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son” (Jn 3:16). This is the great work of Redemption! Read More

Raising his eyes to heaven, Jesus said: “Father, glorify your Son (…), so that, just as you have given him power over all humanity, he may give eternal life to all those you have entrusted to him.  And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent” (Jn 17:2-3). Read More

Over the next few weeks, we will meditate verse by verse on the 17th chapter of St. John, which is the supreme expression of the profound relationship between the Father and the Son.

“Jesus said, ‘Glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you.’ ” (Jn 17:1b). Read More

Between 29 July and 6 August we will be making a novena in preparation for the Feast of God the Father, which, although not yet officially established by the Church, we celebrate at least privately every 7 August, in accordance with the request expressed by God the Father Himself in the Message to Mother Eugenia Ravasio. During these nine days, these meditations would replace the “3 minutes for Abba”.

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“Jesus said: Father, the hour has come: glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you” (Jn 17:1).

The hour of Jesus… It is the dark hour in which Jesus shows His love for the Father unto the end.

It is the dark hour when Jesus seeks comfort from His disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, but finds none (Mt 26:36-46).

It is the dark hour when Jesus gives His definitive yes to the will of the Father (Mt 26:42). Read More

“Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said: ‘Father…'” (Jn 17:1).

This is the predominant attitude of Jesus: raising His eyes to the Father. It expresses the very depths of His being, for He came into the world to do the will of the Father (cf. Jn 4:34). Nothing was more important to Him! His heart was at all time focused on the Father. Read More

We cannot yet behold God face to face. The beatific vision is reserved for eternity and will be an endless joy. However, even before that, our Father makes Himself known in many ways and, in an unsurpassable manner, He manifests Himself in His own Son: “Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father” (Jn 14:9). Read More