Vespers, Evening Prayer
John 17
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
11 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Jesus in the Boat with us. Living, working God.
Lord God, we ask in the Name of Jesus this virus will stop.
We ask for healing. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
God be pleased to hear the Spirit of Italians. Finding Joy and Love in Life.
We Pray for you.
Dio si rallegri di ascoltare lo Spirito degli italiani. Trovare gioia e amore nella vita.
God be pleased to hear the Spirit of Italians. Finding Joy and Love in Life.
We Pray for you.
Dio si rallegri di ascoltare lo Spirito degli italiani. Trovare gioia e amore nella vita.
This is the first USA Virus day I've seen Temper on Social Media. Temper in public. Cussing. If we boil down temper, we find this is, "WHY?" and "Who Will We Put in The Stockades?"
I've felt down myself. And uplifted to walk and see so many families biking, walking and playing tennis. Doing Social distancing.
Do you remember the 1970s orange hand placed in first story windows? It meant if you are child walking to school and a pervert wants to kidnap you, then ring my doorbell and I'm safe and will call the Police and shelter you, child.
Today - the traffic to the very necessary (eyes are on the mend upon some surgeries) Eye Doctor was mild. It was an uncharacteristically slow noon. Fast food, really fast food, restaurants were jammed. Especially Sonic for dine in your car. And the Spring Break Beach Goers are in full motion. 1. I wish with all my heart I was the age to be on the Beach. I vote for the total end of this Virus. I pray it. 2. I really would like us all to be on the beach and the beach sounds great. 3. I'm not going to beach or herd. The Hospitals are very, very horrified at the crowds.
4. The fast food restaurants are jammed because parents are frantic to work, make a paycheck, pay bills and get home to the children.
5. Social Media was completely angry we aren't doing like Denmark and the U.K. to place the elderly in safe housing and the rest work.
6. Until our mild State of Texas had an exponential rise in the disease by the end of the day in our part of Texas.
7. I'm not going to the beach because my brother has a friend in his attorney office, (THE TEST CAME BACK NEGATIVE!) who has had Covid 19 for 6 days from a High School Basketball Game. His co-worker friend had the illness within 4 days of the HS Basketball Game. Her extended family of 10, does not have it. (Hopefully we don't have to add, yet.) His friend was given the advice to shelter at home and she has been very ill with breathing issues and High Fever. She did not feel this was a walk in the park. She is in recovery. It was scary.
8. We should all consider what color of shirt we will stamp "2020 Survivor". Will it say, "I Had Covid 19 and Lived". Or today "96% and 85%."
The Truth is all these hands we put a number by, are all trying to Live.
All Hands are actually for Living. I am so very pleased, we have had less complaining than expected. We have moved into a policy to try to do well - with many opinions. 7.000 people in New York City were tested - today. We are experiencing some walk across the rigid aisles of Republicans and Democrats as New York Governor Cuomo said Trump was working so hard and planning with many opinions. We are formulating a Virus End by the increasing hospital beds and keeping the massive wave of infection to a minimum to avoid flooding the emergency medical event and bring us all an equal chance to survive this and have the beds and equipment - President Trump was forgiven for being in shock in the very beginning and getting extremely good advice to avoid swamping hospitals.
Number of Tests, increase please. Use of college empty dorms for makeshift Hospital Rooms - brilliant.
What would help us all is a Miracle. Something God is Familiar With.
Abba, Father God,
I rejoice to remember the days my sons were young enough to return home during times like this. Bless the families together.
Bless the families gathering. Bless the families apart.
Help us to live with Seeking You First and Your Kingdom, Love, Joy and Peace.
Families tend to enjoy one another and then require friends their own age. Bless us to figure out 'at home.' But Really Father God, we pray to End this Virus. We pray the health of the world.
So many years, when my family lived in France, we loved to travel in Italy and Florence. Bless the Italians. Send Mercy. End it if this is the little buggy critters living in old buildings. End anything causing this spread. Let peace and healing come to the Italians so known for Gracious Comfort and Joy.
Help all of Europe and the trouble seen on Johns Hopkins map https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html to show peace and healing in the Name of Jesus Christ.
Fortify and nourish us with Hope.
We put our cares with You, knowing how much You Care for us.
In Jesus Christ, Amen.
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