We just heard some of Jesus’ words during his last supper discourse where today he describes the meaning of the parable of the vine and the branches and simply brings it back to the love that exists in the Trinity and the love that ought to joyfully be present among all of us. We need to get to a point in our lives where we’re so at peace in our relationship with God that a joy begins to emanate from us naturally, not forced or faked, but naturally as a fruit of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. In other words, this joy would be of supernatural origin. Saint Athanasius whom we celebrate today glowed with this supernatural joy. We’ll hear more about him in a bit, but first let’s have a glance at the readings for today.