Living with the Mystery of Predestination: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity and Some Critical Exegetes on Ephesians 1:4-6 and Romans 8:29-30 A Pattern of Temptation in the Desert: The Threefold Attack on Trust in Matthew 4:1-11 within the Context of Israel and the Cross The Singleness of the Heart’s Eye: John Cassian and Contemporary Exegetes on Matthew 6:19-24 The Johannine Community as the Temple of the Trinity and of Jesus’ Eucharistic Self-Offering: Attaining to the New Commandment of Love in the Book of Glory, especially John 14:1-3 Purity of Heart in Psalm 73: The Literary Criticism of Zenger and the Spiritual Exegesis of Augustine and John of the Cross Τελειόω and the Goal of Jesus’ Redemptive Mission: First John and the Perfection of Love in Light of John’s Gospel and Hebrews