To Rejoice and Be Content, Philippians 4.1-13

For believers, God’s commands become promises that he is going to work into us. So as St. Paul tells us to rejoice, to think well, and to learn contentment, we can trust God to work these things into us as we pray for them to become true in us. As we reflect on such a great salvation, we will see that the Holy Spirit is at work to change us into the kind of people that are God’s people.

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Of Vines and Races, Philippians 3.12-4.1

In our passages, we encounter vineyards and racing. Father Jeremiah mixes these two metaphors to help us understand how Christ has laid hold of us and that through that we can run this race that is the Christian life. Listen now to find out more about how this all comes together.

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Unity and Humility IN Christ, Philippians 2.1-13

How does the church come to have unity and humility? Is it through sweat and effort, finding strength out of our own beings? Is it through depending on the Holy Spirit to create it for us? Or is unity and humility something that we already have because of who Jesus is and what he has done and we receive it and live in it through trusting him? St. Paul reveals that it is IN Christ that we already have this unity and humility! We are to have this mind, which is OURS in Christ and thus we can act on it because it is here for us.

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A Story of Two Pastors, Jonah 4, Phillippians 1.21-27

Father Jeremiah tells us the story of two pastors who wanted to die. Why did they feel this way? Was it for the same reasons? What does this mean for us? Father Jeremiah goes through Jonah 4 and Philippians 1.21-27 to help us see what St. Paul meant when he said “For me, to live is Christ.”

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