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Within the Father's House, the song has found his home.

And to his temple suddenly, the Lord of Life has come.

The hymn within the Father's House.

It recounts the story from Luke chapter 2. The only story we have of the child Jesus, the boy in the temple, where he utters those words, did you not know that I should be about my father's business?

Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, on this New Year's Eve. I'm Todd Wilkin.

Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be looking forward to Sunday morning, according to Luther's

catechisms in the three-year lectionary to the second Sunday after Christmas with Pastor Peter

Bender. Then we'll study the Christmas hymn, Now sing we now rejoice, with Pastor Will Whedon of the

Word of the Lord endures forever.

Pastor Peter Bender is Pastor of Peace, Lutheran Church in Sussex, Wisconsin, and director

of the Concordia Catechetical Academy. Peter, welcome back.

Good to be with you, Todd.

Give us a little overview of the catechism as it pertains to some of the proppers for this second Sunday after

Christmas? Absolutely. The epistle for the day is Ephesians 1 3 through 14. It is a baptismal

doxology. It is absolutely rich in catechises on the blessings that are ours in Christ,

in whom we are united in baptism.

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