Everything that the Father gives me will come to me

Job 19,1.23-27a; Ps 25; Rm 5,5-11; Jn 6,37-40
2 NOVEMBER

From the ancient prophecy of Daniel we already know that the Father puts everything in the hands of the Incarnate Son or Son of man. This is the truth that is the mother of every truth. Let whoever were to deny it, know that he destroys the Old and New Testaments. This truth is the eternal essence of God, of Christ Jesus, of the Holy Spirit, of the Church and of every man.

As I watched, Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was snow bright, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. A surging stream of fire flowed out from where he sat; Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him, and myriads upon myriads attended him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.  As the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him, He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed (Dn 7,9-10.13-14).

In the Gospel according to John every conversion is a gift that the Father gives to Christ Jesus. What is valid for Christ Jesus is also valid for his Church. If the Church wants souls to be led to Christ, she must ask the Father with an uninterrupted prayer. But she must also elevate herself in holiness, in grace, in truth, in light, in justice and in mercy, so that no soul received is misplaced or lost.

But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep. My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one” (Jn 10,26-30). Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel around his waist (Jn 13,1-5).

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. Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are. When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world (Cf. Jn 17,10-24).

Why does the Father today give souls to Christ, giving them to his body that is the Church? So that the Church today enlightens them with the Word of Christ Jesus, transforms them with her sacraments, sanctifies them with the Holy Spirit, gives them back to Christ Jesus purified, sanctified, raised in grace and truth, so that Christ may resurrect them in the last day. No soul given to the Church will have to be lost. She would be responsible for them.

Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it (on) the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him (on) the last day.”

It is right that every disciple of Jesus wonders: can the Lord entrust me with souls? How many souls have been lost for me, why have I not been a model and example of faith, hope, or charity for them? Can I ask the Lord for souls?

Mother of God, Angels and Saints arrange that no soul is lost for our fault.