In Ephesians 1, we hear from St. Paul of various spiritual blessings that are bestowed upon us through our union with Christ. Even the Holy Spirit himself is given to us on account of who Jesus is! Alongside that we hear of Jesus being in the Temple when he was twelve years old and amazing the teachers there of his understanding. What have these two things to do with each other? It all turns on the reality that all that Christ did is gifted to us that we might stand before the Father in Christ himself.
Image: Christ in the Temple, Heinrich Hofmann, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo taken by Elke Walford.