in a series of episodes delving into Holy Matrimony in an effort to rekindle an appreciation of this sacred sacrament of the Church that has fallen out of favor in our modern and worldly culture. In this episode, we reread the fifth chapter of the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians. ...
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Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them. 1 Timothy 2:10But, as it becometh women professing godliness, with good works. 1 Timothy 5:10,25Having testimony for her good works, if she have broug...
Ephesians 1.9-13:God the Father has let us know his sacred plan:the whole show, everything in heaven and everything in earth, is one big orchestra with Christ as the conductor. We Jews are special instruments in the orchestra. We were chosen to put our hope in Christ before he came. ...
While it’s true that the Sacrament of Baptism (since it confers an indelible mark) can only be received one time, it’s important to note that the “one baptism” in Ephesians 4:5 refers to a unity in the sacramental baptism received by all Christians (i.e. the same kind of baptism...
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Ephesians 6:12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring...
” Grace itself is a gift from God. And the faith that we receive that justifies us is an absolute gift from God. We believe. So, my Protestant friends, if you’re listening right now, the Catholic Church agrees with you in this respect. As Ephesians 2:8 and 9 says, “For by ...
Eph. 2:10 – in quoting Ephesians 2:8-9, Protestants invariably ignore the very next verse. Right after Paul’s teaching on “works” referring to Mosaic law, Paul says we are created in Christ for “good works” – a clear distinction between “works of law” (Mosaic law/legal payment...
(cf. Ephesians 1:9-10;Colossians 1:19-20). Thus it too is a “vocation” [John Paul II,Message for the 1990 World Day of Peace, 6]. Nature is at our disposal not as “a heap of scattered refuse”[Heraclitus of Ephesus (Ephesus, c. 535 B.C. – c. 475 B.C.), Fragment ...