Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. John 17:3 NABRE In His prayer to the Father, Jesus specifies what it means to have eternal life. To have eternal life is to know the Father, the…
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Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth. John 17:17 NABRE Jesus has been teaching His disciples, speaking to them through a long discourse, sometimes referred to as His final discourse. Nearing the end of this teaching Jesus lifts His eyes to heaven and prays on behalf of His…
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Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me is doing his works. John 14:10 NABRE Jesus is speaking to His disciples about…
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Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?” Matthew 9:14 NABRE Fasting and abstinence from food and drink is a type of prayer, used to point to something more necessary than life, communion with and…
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Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. John 15:4 NABRE Jesus is teaching His disciples, telling them He is the vine and the Father…
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