The Seventh Sunday Of Easter - June 1, 2025 - "that they may all be one"

SummaryIn this sermon on John 17, Mother Suzanne explores Jesus's high priestly prayer before his crucifixion, in which he repeatedly prays, "that they may all be one." She emphasizes that Christian unity isn't about agreeing on doctrine or politics, but about participation in common faith and purpose, finding our oneness in Christ despite our differences.THE GOSPEL                                                                                                                                                           John 17:20-26Jesus prayed for his disciples, and then he said. "I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world."Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them." Artwork: That They May Be One, J. Kirk Richards - 2013