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Happily Ever After: The End for Which We Were Made

Aug 23, 2026    Fr. Hunter Van Wagenen

As we reach the conclusion of our journey through the Song of Solomon, we find ourselves standing at the intersection of the oldest love story ever told and our own spiritual lives. This final chapter draws a stunning arc from the very beginning of creation, where God breathed life into Adam in an act of breathtaking intimacy, all the way to the closing pages of Revelation, where the Spirit and the Bride cry out together, 'Come.' The Song is not merely ancient poetry. It is the story of the world, and it is our story. We see in its pages the painful distance that opened between God and His beloved after the fall, the long pursuit that followed, and the promise of a reunion so glorious it puts every fairy tale ending to shame. The beloved's journey from shame and self-consciousness to open-handed peace in her Lover's eyes mirrors the journey God invites each of us to take. What does He declare over us? How does He see us? When we allow that question to settle in our hearts, healing begins. This is a message that meets us exactly where we are and points us toward something far greater than we have dared to hope for.