Mission Statement
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Rev. Michael M. Pierzpastorblessedtrinitygreenfield.orgPastor
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Mission Statement.
We are a diverse Catholic Community of Greenfield which shares a strong faith in Jesus Christ, is nourished at the table of the Eucharist, celebrates life-giving and healing Sacraments, strives to live the Beatitudes, and reaches out in service, together.
Please join us on this journey of life and faith! All are welcome and invited! -
We often use the beautiful painting above in our parish materials. Adoration of the Holy Sacrament or “La Disputa” by famed Italian artist, Raphael. Completed in 1510, and found in the papal halls of the Vatican, Raphael has created a scene spanning both heaven and earth.
At the heights, the Holy Trinity centers the Heavenly throne. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses, the Church of Heaven, with the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist at the right and left of Christ. Various biblical figures, such as St. Paul, Adam, St. Peter, King David, and Moses accompany the angels and saints bearing homage to God.
In our midst, the Church on Earth adores the Blessed Sacrament, as a monstrance stands on the altar. The great poets, teachers, and Doctors of the Church, like St. Augustine, St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Thomas Aquinas, and more contemplate the mysteries of faith and reason. In the pursuit of truth, out of the midst of chaos, a direct line is drawn and centered between the Holy Trinity and the Blessed Sacrament. It is the incarnate and living Word of God, the Holy Eucharist, that bridges the realm of Heaven and the realm of Earth.
In the background on the left, a church is being constructed, representing the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church, the Bride of Christ, our mother and home. In a sense, this is representative of our own new parish, coming together right here in Greenfield.
“The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament represents Christianity's victory over the multiple philosophical tendencies (with the foremost Plato and Aristotle) shown in the School of Athens fresco painted on the opposite wall. Unlike the philosophers of the School of Athens, who are gathered together in a vaulted temple, the theologians of the Disputation make up the Church's architecture. They form one body, united in an ethereal apse flanking the Trinity and the Blessed Sacrament, which when consecrated becomes the body of Christ.”
To learn more and for a more detailed description of this beautiful painting, please visit RaphaelPaintings.org.