Fr. Christian Mathis | September 30, 2008
Last night, I had the pleasure of teaching my favorite class. It is a class on the sacraments of the Church that is intended to engage the participant with a feast of the senses. There is music, art, scripture, film, dialogue, baseball, signs, symbols, and I wish that we could have smells and tastes involved [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 26, 2008
Bill Bryson, in his book A Walk In The Woods, describes it well,
It was hell. First days on hiking trips always are. I was hopelessly out of shape–hopelessly. The pack weighed too much. Way too much. I had never encountered anything so hard, for which I was so ill prepared. Every step was a struggle.
The [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 24, 2008
God of all consolation,
you chose and sent your Son to heal the world.
Graciously listen to our prayer of faith:
send the power of your Holy Spirit, the Consoler,
into this precious oil, this soothing ointment,
this rich gift, this fruit of the earth.
Bless this oil and sanctify it for our use.
Make this oil a remedy for all who [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 22, 2008
Love
Lift me up out of these blues
Won’t you tell me something true
I believe in you
There is nothing like a little elevation and fresh air to keep the blues at bay. It was my happy privilege to introduce a friend to the Alum Cave Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains this past weekend. We had a [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 17, 2008
Each day this week I have been able to hear the sounds of saws, jackhammers and other loud noises as construction has begun on what will be my new living space. It is always an amazing process to see as builders begin by tearing down the old, in order to make room for the new, [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 15, 2008
The first two words written on the wall of my new facebook profile by the young lady I consider to be the funniest person I have ever met were, “Hampster Dance!” I don’t know why KK the Kool Kid inspired me to sing the hampster dance again and again when I saw her in the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 12, 2008
“Knights of Columbus, that hurt!” has to be one of my favorite lines delivered by the actor Will Ferrell. It would never have occurred to me to use the name of a Catholic men’s organization as an expletive, but there it is.
One of my favorite podcasts is called The Word Nerds. The show is all [...]
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