Reflection on Jn 17:3
If we ask what eternal life is, Jesus gives us the answer: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” Jesus speaks here about eternal life which is connected with the knowing of God the Father, and with the knowing of Jesus Christ. We may know God – Jesus Christ even now in prayer, in reading the Gospel, in suffering and especially when we renounce our own will and make an act of love by accepting the will of God by faith and in self-surrender. Jesus spoke about eternal life even before, when He said: The Father has given the Son authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as He has given Him.
During the prayer stops we can think particularly of the words: “know You”.
Lord, grant to me that I may know You more today, and love You more!
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