high priestly prayer

Homily for St. Margaret’s Forres, 29 May 2022, Eastertide Sunday 7C; John 17:20-26

Father: may they all be one (17:21 (x 2), 22, 23; 11). Just before entering into his Passion, at the end of the Last Supper, Jesus prays that his redeeming mission be perfectly consummated. What did he come for? Certainly, it was to take away our sins, and to save us from death. But that was, as it were, only the first necessary stage. The ultimate goal of Jesus was to bring us to God. That is, Jesus came to bring each of us individually, and also all of us together, to God.