In which we see, in the stories of the thankful leper and of faithful Joiachim and Anna, how thanksgiving and faithful obedience glorify God and reveal His goodness and love

In which we conclude our examination of Ephesians by looking at how Paul tells us how to submit to one another “in the Lord.”

In which we examine the practical implications, as Paul lays them out in Ephesians, of being, like the Theotokos, the Living Temple of the Living God

In which we continue our engagement with Ephesians, focussing on the day’s epistle reading (Ephesians 4:1-6) in which Paul talks not only about our oneness, but also goes into some detail about what we need to do to be one – how to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

“He Himself is our peace.”

— Ephesians 2:14

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” And a lot of that work is waiting.

“If the ultimate mystery of goodness lies in the person, the ultimate mystery of evil must also be a personal one.”

–Fr. Alexander Schmemann

In which we examine the relationship between Christ’s fulfillment of the Law’s sacrificial system, our radical identification with Christ as our sacrifice, and our entering upon a spiritual manner of living, in which our life is to love as God loves us.

Jesus, as usual, upends our understanding of things, this time our understanding of who He is and how to find real, eternal security, how to enter into real, eternal life.

“And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”