by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon The Apostle Paul speaks of his conversion graphically and with a certain flourish. It happened, he wrote, “when it pleased God, who appointed me (aphorisas me) from my mother’s womb (ek koilias metros mou) and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, … [Read more...]
Time’s Up
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon A consideration of the Atonement would be incomplete without some treatment of the Parable of the Vine Growers in Mark 12:1-12. However, having treated this parable at some length in The Jesus We Missed, I propose here to limit our reflections to Jesus' introduction, … [Read more...]
Struggle In This World
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon According to the Evangelist Luke, Jesus' final invocation to the Father included a line from this psalm: 'Abba, beyadka 'aphqid rhuchi' "Father, into Thy hands I entrust my spirit!" In his first recorded words the Savior, in anticipation of his redemptive work, … [Read more...]
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