Fr. Christian Mathis | February 28, 2010
We are still just beginning our yearly journey of Lent. I hope this reflection on fasting will help encourage you on your way. You can read it here. Once again you are invited to join me in promoting the Sabbath by taking a break from your normal blogging. Please share an older post from your [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 26, 2010
Courtesy of s-p over at Pithless Thoughts.
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 25, 2010
It has taken some time to get back to the second half of the Thomas Howard’s Evangelical Is Not Enough. The posts on the first half of the book raised some good discussion here and it is my hope that the second half will be no different. Chapter Six of the book begins to address [...]
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Tags: books, C.S. Lewis, ceremony, Incarnation, Liturgy, ritual, Sacrament, self abandonment, Tennessee Vols, Thomas Howard, worship
Fr. Christian Mathis | February 22, 2010
O Lord and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, despair, lust of power, and idle talk. But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to Thy servant. Yea, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own transgressions, and not to judge my brother, for blessed [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 21, 2010
Today’s Gospel reading has me thinking lots about temptation. Here is a past post on that subject that you can read here. Once again you are invited to join me in promoting the Sabbath by taking a break from your normal blogging. Please share an older post from your blog that is near and dear [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 19, 2010
Abba Pambo asked Abba Anthony, “What ought I to do?” and the old man said to him, “Do not trust in your own righteousness, do not worry about the past, but control your tongue and your stomach.”
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 17, 2010
Lent is always a time when I encourage parishioners to slow things down in order to focus more on the basic practices that aid us in living the Christian life. One of the ways I plan to work towards slowing my own life down will be to spend less time blogging. It is something that [...]
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