Featured Author of the Antiochian Archdiocese: Fr. Patrick Reardon
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon is a well-loved Orthodox pastor, homilist, writer, and teacher. He is pastor of All Saints' Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, and a senior editor of Touchstone Magazine. In the past forty years, Fr. Patrick has published more than 500 articles, editorials, and reviews in popular and scholarly journals, including Books and Culture, Touchstone, The Scottish Journal of Theology, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Pro Ecclesia, and St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly. As a guest lecturer, he receives invitations year-round to give retreats, homilies, lectures, and Bible studies.
Fr. Patrick is one of Conciliar Press' most prolific authors, with four books, including the perennial bestseller Christ in the Psalms. His titles also include: Christ in His Saints, The Trial of Job, and Chronicles of History and Worship. You can purchase Fr. Patrick's books online at Conciliar.
Fr. Patrick was educated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky; St. Anselm's College in Rome; The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome; and St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.
Touchstone Magazine hosts a special blog for Fr. Patrick called Daily Reflections with Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, which serves as a companion to the St. James Devotional Guide. A complete archive of Fr. Patrick's written Pastoral Ponderings series is available on the website of All Saints' Church.
You can listen to Fr. Patrick teach via his weekly podcast Pastoral Ponderings at Ancient Faith Radio, where you can also hear Fr. Patrick's weekly homilies.
Featured
The Feast of the Transfiguration
By Fr. Patrick Reardon
In the biblical narratives of our Lord's Transfiguration it is easy to discern different points of inclusion and emphasis peculiar to each writer. Only Luke, for instance, mentions that Jesus was praying was He was transfigured, and only Matthew remarks that the disciples "fell on their faces."