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John 17 is entitled, "The Prayer of Jesus." Here Jesus prays to the Father for himself, for the Apostles, and for all is disciples.<blockquote>I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?9 Jn 17:9])</blockquote><blockquote>I do not ask that you take them out of the worldj but that you keep them from the evil one. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?15 Jn 17:15])</blockquote><blockquote>“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?20 Jn 17:20])</blockquote> | John 17 is entitled, "The Prayer of Jesus." Here Jesus prays to the Father for himself, for the Apostles, and for all is disciples.<blockquote>I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for the ones you have given me, because they are yours ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?9 Jn 17:9])</blockquote><blockquote>I do not ask that you take them out of the worldj but that you keep them from the evil one. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?15 Jn 17:15])</blockquote><blockquote>“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/17?20 Jn 17:20])</blockquote> | ||
== Intercession in the Parables of Jesus == | |||
=== The Parable of the Great Feast === | |||
As they sit for dinner at the house of a Pharisee, a guest says, "Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God." Jesus responds with "The Parable of the Great Feast," telling how the master sends out the servant to collect the invited guests ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/14?15 Lk 14:15-24)]:<blockquote>"A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.'"</blockquote>Here and in similar parables, the "servant" may represent Christ or the servants of Christ, In [https://www.ecatholic2000.com/catena/untitled-75.shtml Catena Aurea], St. Thomas Aquinas presents those interpretations. Here from Cyril of Alexandria,<blockquote>That servant who was sent is Christ Himself, who being by nature God and the true Son of God, emptied Himself, and took upon Him the form of a servant."</blockquote>and Saint Augustine,<blockquote>the Man is the Mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus; He sent that they who were bidden might come, i. e. those who were called by the prophets whom He had sent; </blockquote>and, to servants of Christ, Gregory the Great,<blockquote>By this servant then who is sent by the master of the family to bid to supper, the order of preachers is signified.<ref>Gregory further explains, | |||
''But it is often the case that a powerful person has a despised servant, and when his Lord orders any thing through him, the servant speaking is not despised, because respect for the master who sends him is still kept up in the heart.''</ref></blockquote> | |||
== Intercession of Mary according to the New Testament == | == Intercession of Mary according to the New Testament == | ||