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Ordinary Time · Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B

Ephesians 1:3-14 or Ephesians 1:3-10

Every Spiritual Blessing in Christ

Christ Giving His Blessing, Hans Memling
Christ Giving His Blessing, Hans Memling, 1478Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Half length against a plain dark ground, one hand raised in blessing and the other holding the book, painted to be looked at straight on.Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.Hans MemlingMemling, who painted this kind of image for private devotion and gave it no setting at all.Norton Simon Museum, PasadenaThe Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 1:3)

A single sweeping sentence of praise for God's plan of salvation, moving from election before creation to adoption, redemption, and the sealing of the Spirit. Everything is grounded in Christ and aimed at the praise of God's glory.

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