Come and show us your face, O Lord, who are seated upon the Cherubim, and we will be saved. Cf. Psalm 80: 4, 2
Does God have a face? Indeed he does. It is true that His face appears in the faces of friends, and foes, and poor, and rich. But, all of that is because, once upon a time, on a specific date, at a specific place, at a specific hour of the day, God was born as a man among men. And in so doing, he satisfied centuries of longing on the part of His chosen people; they longed to see His face and live. For the Christian, God does indeed have a real, human face.
And at the same time, His face is the face of the eternal Word, whose throne is the outstretched hands of angels. Therefore, with the great gap bridged between heaven and earth, we can truly be saved.
Advent Post Series, 2015
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About Father Nathan Reesman
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Father Nathan Reesman is a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, ordained in 2006. He is the Shared Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, and also of Saint Frances Cabrini Parish, both in West Bend, Wisconsin. He is also the Courage and EnCourage chaplain for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Courage is an apostolate of the Catholic Church that ministers to men and women who experience same sex attraction.
Father Reesman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, obtaining his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science in the year 2000. He completed his seminary studies at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in 2006, obtaining a Masters of Divinity. Father Reesman completed post-graduate studies at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, obtaining a Doctor of Ministry in 2019.
