John 17:6–12 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
This is a continuation the prayer of Jesus I mentioned two days ago. The words in this translation “I have revealed you” could also be translated “I have revealed Your name.” The phrases mean the same thing. God’s Name is who He is. That is why there is a commandment that forbids us to misuse His Name or “use His name in vain.” God revealed Himself to Moses as “I am who I am,” a form of the verb for existence. Jesus was revealing the one true God, the Maker of all things, to the disciples that were given to Him. He affirmed that “They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.”
Those first disciples had been given the knowledge necessary. The Holy Spirit would enlighten them further on Pentecost, but they had the understanding that Jesus was sent by the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. Jesus prayed for them because He knew He would not be physically with them much longer. He would not be there to protect them. So He asked the Father to keep them safe “by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one.”
God’s name, who He is, has the power to protect us. When I hear those words of Jesus in this prayer, I am reminded of Baptism. The powerful name of God is placed upon in this sacrament. God is at work here, washing away sin, claiming us as His own, bringing us into His family. “In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
God’s name is on you. That name continues to protect you. You remember that when you remember your Baptism.
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