Fr. Christian Mathis | November 20, 2008
Fr. David Boettner led our parish pastoral council in a reflection last night that focused on allowing God to lead us to the places He wills for us. Allowing the Lord to be our guide can many times be a frightening experience for those of us who like to be in control. Fr. David reminded [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 18, 2008
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 16, 2008
Lord, make me chaste, but not yet. This is the famous line of St. Augustine of Hippo, arguably the most important theologian since St. Paul in the Western Church. As a seminarian I often had issues with much of what he wrote, but the thing that I could never take issue with was his life. [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 14, 2008
My mind has been in a fog this week. It has been hard to muster the energy to write. Luckily, the weather has cooperated with its ability to match my mental state. Rain and fog seem to be in vogue this week. As I have pondered a new blogpost, it occurred to me that the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 12, 2008
Listen carefully, my child, to your master’s precepts, and incline the ear of your heart (Prov. 4:20). Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father’s advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience. To you, therefore, my words are now [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 10, 2008
Yesterday in my homily I spoke about the need for Christians to pay attention to the foundations of our life as a Church before turning to the things that are built upon them. A few of the things I mentioned yesterday were a desire to know God, prayer (most especially the prayer of silent listening [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 8, 2008
Somehow it happened this week that I had two days in a row with nothing on my calendar. I took it as a sign that I was supposed to take a trip to Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia to visit the wild ponies. As I made my way through Damascus and up the winding [...]
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