St. Paul’s Episcopal Church issued the following announcement on June 23.
FROM THE DEACON
The table for the Last Supper has been set and the disciples are at the table with Jesus and listen as Jesus prays to the Father on their behalf. And then Jesus prays for us. Three times he prays for us to become one just as he and God are one.
I have been thinking about the ones who set the table for the Last Supper and created such a place for the prayer of oneness that Jesus asked God to give to the community of disciples gathered there. I resonate with that and the holy responsibility of setting the table every Sunday for the priest to consecrate the bread and wine that will be served to us to remind us of our oneness with Christ—by him and with him and in him.
Jesus isn’t praying for us to get along with one another. Or to simply be nice to one another. He prays for our oneness with one another and for our oneness to be a revelation of God’s presence in the world.
Original source can be found here.
Source: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
