[Propertalk] A few quotables for the gospel lesson - Part 1

[Joe Parrish]

The vertical relationship of mutual love is the example for the horizontal relationship of love between and among members of the Christian community, and for their relationship with God, Father and Son.

http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/ceas7l.shtml

Chris Haslam 
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I am, however, not ready to give up on the gospel reading. Looking at it closely, I see that Jesus does not say, "Silence questions among them." Or, "Grant that they agree on everything." 

http://maryhinkle.typepad.com/pilgrim_preaching/2004/05/getting_on_the_.html

Mary Hinkle Shore
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Avery and Marsh have an ironic song called I Can Be a Christian By Myself. The first verse goes:

  I can be a Christian by myself.
  Leave my dusty Bible on the shelf.
  I'll sing a hymn and pray a bit.
  God can do the rest of it.
  My heart's the church, my head's the steeple.
  Shut the door and I'm the people.
  I can be a Christian by myself.

Some of the other verses include these lines:

  I'll break some bread and drink some wine.
  Have myself a holy time.
  I'll take the off'ring then I'll know
  Where that money's gonna go.
  So please remember, Lord, when I die,
  Give me my own cloud in the sky.
  After this life with its labors
  Don't bug me with needy neighbors.

http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/john17x20.htm

Brian Stoffregen
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer put it: "Christian unity is not an ideal which we must realize [actualize]; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate."

http://debradeanmurphy.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/one-holy-catholic-and-divided-church/

Debra Dean Murphy, 2010
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 Creation was designed so that everyone would work together in lives of mutual upbuilding, sharing with each other the gifts of creation.  This, however, didn't work out as God intended.  

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Ginosko--"to know"--is the most intensive of the Greek words for knowledge.  It means deep interior perception which influences our emotions and actions.  It is "knowing" in an intimate and mystical sense.  For the fourth gospel, mystical knowledge of God comes through mystical knowledge of Jesus, through whom the community of Jesus has access to God's love (17:26).

http://www.progressiveinvolvement.com/progressive_involvement/2010/05/lectionary-blogging-john-17-2026.html

John Petty, 2010 
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