“I believe in one God, the Father almighty…” Every Sunday we say these words. They’re part of what’s called the Nicene creed. It was mostly written in 325 AD in modern day Turkey. A large group of bishops got together in a city called Nicaea to settle some...
St. Paul in Athens There’s a very curious episode in the Bible when Paul tries to tell some Athenians about Christianity. Paul points to an altar in the city dedicated to the “unknown god” and then, not mentioning Jesus, tries to appeal to his audience by way...
Pope Francis recently said that the liturgy “guarantees for us the possibility” of an encounter with the living Jesus (Desiderio Desideravi, 11). How does the liturgy guarantee an encounter with Jesus? “That which was visible in Jesus, that which could be seen with...
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Mark: a masterpiece of storytelling The Gospel of Mark is truly a masterpiece of storytelling. The whole gospel is organized around the cross. Jesus is racing, so it seems, toward the cross. This is why in the first half of the book, the word “immediately”...
Genesis 22 contains one of the most confusing, and possibly scandalous, stories in the Bible. Is God so cruel as to demand a father to murder his son? Is Abraham wrong to obey so blindly? Could God command something like this again? Many questions arise from...
Father Nathan Hall
Pastor
Father Matthew Kovar
Parochial Vicar
Elizabeth Fairbanks
School Principal