Our Sacred Roots: The Priesthood of All Believers

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T he S eason from E aster to P entecost

Seventh Sunday of Easter May 29 - June 4, 2022

WEEK 27

For forty days after his resurrection, Jesus revealed himself alive to his disciples. On the fortieth day, he ascended to heaven to take his place as Lord and Christ at God’s right hand. Ten days after this, on the fiftieth day after his resurrection, he would send to us the promise of the Father – the Holy Spirit, the pledge of our salvation. Here we ponder the wonder of God’s working, from Easter Sunday to the Spirit’s descent at Pentecost. In his high priestly prayer in the Upper Room before his Passion, Jesus prayed for his disciples and those who would believe on him through their word. He prayed to the Father that those who believe might all be one, just as the Father was in him and he in the Father. He prayed that the believing might be with him and the Father in order that the world may believe that the Father had sent him. Before his suffering and death, with his redeemed on his heart, our Lord prayed that we might experience unity with himself and the Father, and with one another, that the world might come to know his love. THIS WEEK’S THEME That They May Be One, John 17.20-26

Daily Devotional Guide Preparing Our Hearts

Invocation: Our Prayer of Acclamation Eternal God, thank you so much for the hope of seeing the glory of Christ in your presence with the glory you granted to him before the foundation of the world. We desire to see