Every Spiritual Blessing in the Heavens

 Today's first reading, Ephesians 1: 1-10, is filled with praise and gratitude to our God for the following: 

• For giving us "every spiritual blessing in the heavens"
• For choosing us, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him"
• For destining "us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ"
• For destining us " for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved, [Christ]"
• For the gift of  "redemption by His Blood"
• For the gift of "the forgiveness of transgressions"
• For "the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us"
• For making "known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth."

Wow! Every spiritual blessing in the heaven!  Every! Not just some!  And then St. Paul enumerates those spiritual blessings: holiness, adoption, redemption, forgiveness, grace and much more!  What else do we need? Nothing, in my mind! Notice that God does not say to us: "Would you like?" God gives all of these blessings to us out of His love, His generosity, His mercy, His compassion! God is a Generous Giver, a God who loves us infinitely and showers infinite mercy upon us day in and day out, whether we are deserving or undeserving, worthy or unworthy and especially when we are undeserving and unworthy!