Everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine
At 20,17-27; Ps 67; Jn 17,1-11a
4 JUNE
The consequences of this affirmation of Jesus are eternal and universal. If everything is of the Son, even grace, truth, light, eternal life and heaven, belong to the Son. Can we affirm that we can go to the Father without the Son? If we believe that the Father gives everything and gives himself in the Son, with the Son and through the Son, we must also confess that without Christ the Father does not give and does not give himself. In an instant the whole religious world that we are struggling to build without Christ and without the Church, collapses.
When Jesus had said this, he raised his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to all you gave him. Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on earth by accomplishing the work that you gave me to do. Now glorify me, Father, with you, with the glory that I had with you before the world began. “I revealed your name to those whom you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you gave me is from you, because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours, and everything of mine is yours and everything of yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, while I am coming to you.
The truth of Christ only, universal and eternal mediator between the Father and the whole created universe, Mediator in creation, revelation, redemption, salvation, eternal life and justification is the essence of the New Testament. This truth is removed, there is no longer either New or Ancient Testaments. Everything becomes a body to which the heart has been removed.
At that time Jesus said in reply, “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him. “Come to me, all you who labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light” (Mt 11,25-30).
From his fullness we have all received, grace in place of grace, because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him (Jn 1,16-18). Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see the sky opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man” (Jn 1,49-51). For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift of the Spirit. The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him (Jn 3,14-36).
For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as ransom for all. This was the testimony at the proper time. For this I was appointed preacher and apostle (I am speaking the truth, I am not lying), teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth (1Tm, 2,5-7). I looked again and heard the voices of many angels who surrounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders. They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.” Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, everything in the universe, cry out: “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honour, glory and might, forever and ever” (Rev 5,11-13).
It is urgent that to Scripture, faith, the Father and the Church their heart is given back, which is Christ Jesus. Without the heart Scripture, faith, Father and Church are transformed into rotting corpses. They lose their lives. Without Christ, Scripture, faith, Father and Church are lifeless. No salvation will ever come for them into the world. They lack in their heart.
Mother of God, Angels and Saints, ensure that Christians reclaim their hearts: Christ.