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New Appreciation for Blessed Bells

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 19, 2010

These words of wisdom brought to by my friend Steve over at Pithless Thoughts, by the numbers 3 & 7 and the letter Q.

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Tags: bells, bishops, blessing, Holy Orders, Pithless Thoughts, priesthood, Sesame Street, Steve Robinson

Bishop Kallistos Ware on Original Sin

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 18, 2010

The doctrine of original sin means rather that we are born into an environment where it is easy to do evil and hard to do good; it is easy to hurt others, and hard to heal their wounds; easy to arouse their suspicions, and hard to win their trust. It means that we are each [...]

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Motivational Posters

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 17, 2010

I’ve never been a big fan of the original motivational posters that the one above is based upon that have inspired Despair, Inc and others to create some brilliant satire. Today, however, was different as someone suggested I take a look at the posters over at Emerging Grace. I hope you will take a few [...]

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Tags: despair, Emerging Grace, motivation, posters

Fellowship with the Martyrs

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 17, 2010

Whenever Christ calls us, his call leads us to death. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer Yesterday we celebrated the feast of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian. They are two of the early Church martyrs, one a Pope and both Bishops who helped the Church withstand the errors of Novatian who held that those who had denied the faith during [...]

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Tags: death, Eucharist, Eucharistic Prayers, martyrdom, martyrs, Roman Canon, St. Cornelius, St. Cyprian of Carthage, suffering

Sacred Music

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 16, 2010

Sacrosanctum Concilium proves its connection to true Catholic theology in how it addresses the issue of sacred music as falling into the category of “both/and”. Here are some words that struck me from the chapter of the document on sacred music. The Church recognizes Gregorian chant as being specially suited to the Roman liturgy. Therefore, [...]

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Tags: Gregorian Chant, Liturgy, music, organ, sacred music, Sacrosanctum Concilium, Second Vatican Council, St. Thomas

The Liturgical Year

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 15, 2010

Continuing with our look at the documents of the Second Vatican Council, I would like to take a look at the liturgical year. We are just around the corner from the beginning of a new Church year that begins each year with the First Sunday of Advent. There are really several liturgical calendars in the [...]

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Tags: Advent, Christmas, Easter, Lent, liturgical calendar, Liturgical Seasons, Liturgy, Ordinary Time, prayer, Sacrosanctum Concilium, sanctoral calendar, seasons, Second Vatican Council

Come & See

Fr. Christian Mathis | September 14, 2010

As Jim and I continue our series of podcasts on the process of becoming Catholic, we explore the beginning of the RCIA journey that is known as the pre-catechumenate or the period of inquiry. You can listen to our latest podcast here.

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