During World War II, Father van Kaam hid Jews and Christians from the Nazis, often finding himself hiding with them. Together they read the last farewell of Jesus and it filled them with hope and promise. This event was to inspire him many years later to write The Tender Farewell of Jesus, a prayerful reading of the 17th chapter of the Gospel of John. It is full of insight and emotion that will help bring the last words of Jesus alive in your daily...