The students among our readership will immediately recognize that the title words are redundant.  I could have written "Saintly Saints" or "Holy Holy Ones".  This idea of being "set apart" (holy) is a major Bible theme and is not new to John 17.  In Deuteronomy Moses told the second generation of Jews after the Exodus, "For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth."  God wants people to know Him and be His because He is good and the best thing in life is to know Him and love Him as He knows and loves us.  God Himself calls His own, "a special treasure."  In John 17 we have been studying the qualities that Jesus prays will characterize His people.  They should be people of joy, holiness, mission and unity.  Holiness is often misunderstand because some people have equated it with "self-righteousness."  That is repulsive!  However, true holiness means sanctified not only in position or status but in practice.  It means we are becoming who we really are--not that we have arrived.  Salvation is not just about destination, it is about transformation.  It is about becoming the kind of people who can occupy heaven!  A Christian is one who wants to be like Christ NOT just avoid the pit of hell.  As we'll see in John 17, Jesus sanctified Himself for the purpose of our sanctification.  Let's do our part to cooperate and apprehend what we were apprehended for!  Be a Holy Saint!