Blessed is the Kingdom

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Fr. Christian Mathis | July 31, 2009

Take it to the Limit

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 31, 2009

Take, O Lord and receive, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will. Whatever I have or hold, you have given to me. I restore it all to you and surrender it wholly to be governed by Your will. Give me only your love and your grace, and I will be rich enough, [...]

Landslide

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 29, 2009

Things feel very different this week. 
All of a sudden the reality of change has hit me. I have known for weeks now that my friend Fr. David will be leaving and that I will be succeeding him as pastor of St. Thomas, but it took physically moving into a new room and office to bring [...]

How Deep Is The Red

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 27, 2009

Elvis Costello has a new album out entitled, Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. The entire album is excellent, but this song has been haunting me for weeks. I thought I would share it here to see if it has the same effect on others. Let me know what you think!
Is this is not a pretty tale? [...]

Be Thou My Vision

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 26, 2009

This week St. Thomas Parish is taking the opportunity to enter more fully into prayer by participating in five days of Eucharistic adoration. Many parishioners have already signed up for specific times of prayer throughout the week, but I hope many more will simply stop by the chapel as they are able, even if for [...]

New Beginnings

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 23, 2009

Welcome to what I hope you will find to  be an enhanced version of Blessed is the Kingdom! With the help of my brother, I have made the jump to WordPress and like what we have created so far.  Many of the archived posts are still in need of editing from the jump from Blogger [...]

Remember the Alamo!

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 23, 2009

No trip to Texas would be complete without a trip to the Alamo. I personally prefer the Alamo Drafthouse Theatre, but we were also able to stop at the actual Alamo long enough to snap this picture. Our true destination was the San Antonio Zoo. You will probably be surprised to hear that it was [...]