On the Sunday following the feast of Theophany, Fr. Matthew Howell uses the first line of the epistle reading (Ephesians 4:7-13) to talk about the gift of God's grace in baptism, both Christ's and ours. He talks about how baptism is a gift from God that avails us to the grace of God for the remainder of our lives if we live in union and communion with God by following his commandments. He compares the phrase "Crossing the Jordan" to "Crossing the Rubikon", and explains how we take sacred vows at our baptism to follow God without turning back, devoting every aspect of our life to Him. Along the way, Fr. Matthew quotes Gomer Pyle.
