Just a hunch, but I think the "father" that he's talking about in the first paragraph is God. I agree, the Church is his "wife". God comes to the world in the form of Jesus, Jesus chooses to make Himself a sacrifice for all of mankind. Many people accuse Jesus of making the wrong choice, they say He should have fought them in this world. But as the song says, "Those people have long since gone, My father never failed."
Just a hunch, but I think the "father" that he's talking about in the first paragraph is God. I agree, the Church is his "wife". God comes to the world in the form of Jesus, Jesus chooses to make Himself a sacrifice for all of mankind. Many people accuse Jesus of making the wrong choice, they say He should have fought them in this world. But as the song says, "Those people have long since gone, My father never failed."
Beautiful song.