Fr. Christian Mathis | August 16, 2010
Jim and I made it back into the recording studio last week after a summer break from podcasting. The most recent one focuses on the Assumption of Mary. You can listen to it and other podcasts here.
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 11, 2010
The first document of the Second Vatican Council was the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium. All Church documents get their names from the first two words of the text, or sometime the first three words if there is a older document that begins with the same words. The official language of the Church [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 10, 2010
Perhaps as an introduction to the Second Vatican Council, a good place to begin our discussion is with an understanding of the topics covered at the council as well as the way the church ranked the documents that were produced. Even to this day there are too many people who simply saw the council as [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 9, 2010
This week I would like to begin a series of posts on the Second Vatican Council and its effects on the Catholic Church today as we continue our attempt to put the documents of the council into practice. My own thoughts on the council are that we are still struggling to come to terms with [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 7, 2010
Today I am happy once again to be taking part in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. I have to admit to missing a few in recent months, but always like to participate by revisiting a post from the past month. Since several people have mentioned that they liked this post, I have chosen one entitled, Love [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 6, 2010
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” -Philo of Alexandria The past month has been nothing less than a battle for me on the spiritual front. It hasn’t been that things have been more stressful or busy than normal, in fact things slowed down for the whole month of July for [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 5, 2010
This morning I was happy to welcome home a couple from St. Thomas who have recently returned from a trip to Ireland. One of the stories from the trip centered around words of wisdom exchanged over a pint in an Irish pub. They described to me a person they met in the pub who had [...]
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