Sunday, July 16th
Jesus prayed, " Father, keep those you have given Me true to your name, so that they may be one in Us…..Consecrate them in the truth : your word is truth. As you sent Me into the world, I have sent them into the world, and for their sake I consecrate Myself so that they too may be consecrated"
John 17:11-20

Your word, Holy Father, is one and indivisible, yet bestowed upon the whole of your beloved Universe. And You have loved into existence the human manifestation of Your loving purpose, that men and women and children may rejoice together in and through Your Saving Word, throughout time and eternity.

Father, never cease to draw to Yourself the children of men, and Your word of truth so penetrate their world that increasingly they my each minister to each other in compassion and self-giving.

Holy Father, may each child yet to be born into Your world of humankind see and understand with ever-increasing clarity and conviction that the heart and will must govern their lives and direct their relationship with all that is. So will they come to a deep understanding of the nature or reality: they will acquire wisdom, which will transform the face of the earth and bring many to the very heart of Your kingdom of light and love.