Sermon Introduction –
Jesus says we’re sanctified. What does that mean? It means we’re made holy through him. The important part is that we’re sanctified and Sent out into the world! What are you sanctified to do?
Introduction to this week’s readings –
The gospel for Easter’s seventh Sunday is always taken from the long prayer Jesus prays for his followers in John’s gospel on the night before his death, and always includes Jesus’ desire that his followers will be one as he and the Father are one. This oneness is not mere doctrinal agreement or institutional unity, but mutual abiding, interpenetrating life, mutual love, and joy. This oneness is the work of the Spirit whom we have received but also await. Come, Holy Spirit!
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