We were very pleased to have Father Patrick O’Grady as our retreat conductor for the 2008 Lenten Parish Retreat. Father Patrick is the pastor of Saint Peter the Apostle Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church in San Dimas, California. He has written numerous articles on liturgical and theological themes and has translated numerous biblical and liturgical texts from ecclesiastical Greek. Recently Father Patrick was occupied as translator and Long Prophetical Books Chairman for the Orthodox Study Bible, Old Testament Project, which is now available from Thomas Nelson Press.
Fr. Patrick chose the title of his presentation, "Law, Prophecy, Wisdom: The Message of the Old Testament". The central theme was the importance of understanding the Old Testament in understanding the New Testament. Each session ended with a question and answer time.