Fr. Christian Mathis | June 27, 2010
Today’s Sabbath post focuses on the Holy Spirit. You can find it here.
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 25, 2010
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 24, 2010
Today we celebrate the Birth of John the Baptist. This time of year the days begin to shorten until our celebration of the Birth of Christ. I have always found it intriguing that the Church chose to place the celebration of Christ’s birth and his cousin John in such a way that this statement of [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 21, 2010
I would like to introduce the newest member of my family, Gabriel. He was born early yesterday morning. Here he is with his dad and older sister. I suppose you can’t get a better Father’s Day gift than this one!
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 20, 2010
Today’s Sabbath Sunday post is from the early days of my time as pastor. They are still accurate metaphors for the job. You can see the post here.
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 18, 2010
NPH 2010 from Christian Mathis on Vimeo.
It has been a busy couple of weeks of visiting NPH El Salvador, celebrating anniversaries and catching up on work. Here is a video with a few highlights of our recent trip to El Salvador. Enjoy!
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 13, 2010
Later this week I will celebrate mass in the parish to commemorate 10 years of priesthood. Here is a post from last year’s anniversary.
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