Fr. Pat begins unpacking the great Passion narrative beginning in John ch. 18. Fr. Pat focuses on Jesus revealing himself as the Great “I Am,” and carries the divine name of God.
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Fr. Pat concludes John ch. 17 and focusing on Jesus being the better high priest of the new covenant than the high priest of the old covenant.
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Fr. Pat begins looking at ch. 17 of John’s Gospel and how Jesus’ high priestly prayer continues the model of the old covenant high priest as He prays for His own glory, the consecration of the disciples and then those who “believe through their word.”
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Dr. Stephen Boyce looks at chp. 16 of John’s Gospel in this section of the “Farewell Discourse.” Dr. Boyce focuses on the work of Holy Spirit to help the Apostles not only remember what Jesus said but to also understand it so they can work as priests in the new covenant.
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Fr. Pat continues unpacking the “Farewell Discourse” in chps. 13-17 of John’s Gospel and then focuses on how Jesus is commissioning the disciples in the new covenant priesthood, how they will “perform greater works than these” which pertains primarily to abiding in Christ through the administration and reception of the sacraments of baptism (Jn. 3) and the eucharist (Jn. 6) being empowered by the Holy Spirit. This concludes John chapter 15.
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Fr. Pat unpacks the premise of Jesus being the new Temple and the one in whom God now dwells, making us the Church—the Body of Christ—the new Temple where heaven meets earth as he summarizes the Farewell Discourse in John 13-17. Then Fr. Pat moves into Ch. 15 with the theme of abiding in Jesus the vine, the grape, through consuming the eucharist.
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