The hour has come. The hour that our Lord Jesus Christ has focused upon and spoken to His disciples about has arrived. This is the beginning of the passion of Christ.

Jesus concludes His prayer by reminding us of His great love. He expresses His desire to have His people with Him forever and to see His glory.

Jesus prays for the unity of His people so that the world will believe that the Father has sent the Son. In this, Jesus is praying not just for the disciples around Him but for all who will believe in the future as the gospel goes forward.

It is through holiness, that is, being set apart to God, and through truth, that is, the Word of God, that the Church will fulfill the mission that the Lord Jesus has for it.