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John 17:1–26 is generally known as the Farewell Prayer or the High Priestly Prayer. [ 6 ] [ 19 ] It is by far the longest prayer of Jesus in any of the gospels. [ 7 ] While the earlier parts of the discourse are addressed to the disciples, this final part addresses the Father, as Jesus turns his eyes to heaven and prays.
John 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It portrays a prayer of Jesus Christ addressed to his Father, placed in context immediately before his betrayal and crucifixion, the events which the gospel often refers to as his glorification. [1]
The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, The Eternal High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek. In him the Father has been well pleased from before all time. As Mediator between God and human beings, fulfilling his Father’s will, he sacrificed himself once on the altar of the Cross as a saving Victim for the whole world.
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Liturgy encompasses the entire service: prayer, reading and proclamation, singing, gestures, movement and vestments, liturgical colours, symbols and symbolic actions, the administration of sacraments and sacramentals. Liturgy (from Greek: leitourgia) is a composite word meaning originally a public duty, a service to the state undertaken by a ...
The Epistle to the Hebrews calls Jesus the supreme "high priest," who offered himself as a perfect sacrifice (Hebrews 7:23–28). Protestants believe that through Christ they have been given direct access to God, just like a priest; thus the doctrine is called the priesthood of all believers. God is equally accessible to all the faithful, and ...
Adventists believe this is a symbol or "type" of Jesus' ministry in heaven. In 1844 Jesus moved from the Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary into the Holy of Holies to begin a final atonement for humanity according to Daniel 7:13. This is understood as a change in the two phases of Jesus' ministry.
Spirit & song: a seeker's guide for liturgy and prayer. Oregon Catholic Press. 1999. ISBN 978-1-57992-007-4. Spirit & song 2: more resources for prayer & worship, 2005, ISBN 978-1-57992-129-3; Catholic Church; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Committee on Divine Worship (2013), Spirit & song. (2nd ed.) Rise Up and Sing (2 editions)