The mystery of your priestly sacrifices

The mystery of your priestly sacrifices

No easy interpretation of Genesis 22 exists. The account of God’s test of Abraham is truly awe-ful. It gives us no psychological insights into the heart of Abraham or Isaac, and the sparse narrative details — the three days’ journey, the binding of Isaac upon the altar, the dramatic angelic intervention to stay Abraham’s knife — are terrifying in their raw simplicity. Yet these verses offer wondrous cause for meditation on the mystery of sacrifice.

Interscholastic Colloquium

Interscholastic Colloquium

This year’s Interscholastic Colloquium, hosted by Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, was titled “George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, 75th Anniversary.” Four Cistercian students—two Juniors, one Sophomore, and one Freshman—had the honor of presenting original papers.

Academic WorldQuest

Academic WorldQuest

On February 21, eleven Upper School students competed at the Academic WorldQuest event at UT Arlington, sponsored by the Junior World Affairs Council. All 3 of our teams again finished in the top 20!

Fr. Bernard

Fr. Bernard

Fr. Bernard shared his story of fleeing Communist Hungary with the Form III students yesterday. Having just completed their study of the Exodus, the students in the Old Testament class were locked into the suspenseful, providential, and beautiful story.
Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

Lent has begun. To mark the beginning of this season of penitence, students attended Mass and received ashes on their foreheads with the exhortation to “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”