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The followers of Christ as consecrated foreigners
Prayer
Contemporary Lectionary Prayers
Cycle B
Gospel Note:
This passage is a portion of Christ's "high priestly," parting
prayer for the disciples he is leaving behind. In it, "the world"
is treated largely as a hostile environment, under Satan's
control, and Jesus' followers as foreigners who, like their
Master, are "in" but not "of" the world. At the same time, the
prayer presupposes that these foreigners are about to set out on
a mission in and for the world, for which they need divine
consecration and protection.
Liturgical Color:
White
This passage is a portion of Christ's "high priestly," parting
prayer for the disciples he is leaving behind. In it, "the world"
is treated largely as a hostile environment, under Satan's
control, and Jesus' followers as foreigners who, like their
Master, are "in" but not "of" the world. At the same time, the
prayer presupposes that these foreigners are about to set out on
a mission in and for the world, for which they need divine
consecration and protection.
Liturgical Color:
White
