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Fr. Christian Mathis | December 23, 2010

This is going to be excellent!

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Fr. Barron, St. Thomas More and Benedict XVI

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 18, 2010

Most of you know that one of my favorite professors at Mundelein Seminary was Fr. Bob Barron. It was he who first introduced me to the movie, A Man For All Seasons. In one of his more recent videos he talks about his own admiration for St. Thomas More (which I share, though I doubt [...]

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Tags: England, Fr. Bob Barron, Pope, Pope John Paul II, St. Thomas More

Participation in Christ’s Priesthood

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 17, 2010

Though they differ essentially and not only in degree, the common priesthood of the faithful and the ministerial or hierarchical priesthood are none the less ordered one to another; each in its own proper way shares in the one priesthood of Christ. (Lumen Gentium, 10) One of my favorite parts of the post-baptismal rite is [...]

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Tags: Anointing of the Sick, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Fr. Gerry Austin, Holy Orders, Lumen Gentium, marriage, priesthood, Reconciliation, Sacraments, Second Vatican Council

Cardinal Red

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 15, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to attend at lunch at our bishop’s house for the Hispanic leadership in our diocese. One of the questions posed to the bishop by one of the young leaders in attendance was why Cardinals of the Church wear red. Bishop Stika answered by explaining that Cardinals make [...]

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Tags: Bishop Richard Stika, Cardinals, iconography, martyrdom, RCIA, red, red line

Fellowship with the Martyrs

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 14, 2010

For ourselves, too, we ask some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs, with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia) and all the saints. Recently I have been struck during the mass by these words of the Roman Canon. Since I was [...]

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Tags: courage, faith, martyrdom, martyrs, Pope St. Alexander I, prayer, Roman Canon, saints, St. Agatha, St. Agnes, St. Anastasia, St. Barnabas, St. Cecilia, St. Felicity, St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. John the Baptist, St. Lucy, St. Marcellinus, St. Matthias, St. Perpetua, St. Peter the Exorcist, St. Stephen

New Podcast: The Holy Land

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 13, 2010

That’s right, after weeks of no podcasts, we now have two out in the span of a week. In our most current one, Jim asks me about my recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land. You can listen here.

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Tags: Holy Land, Jim Wogan, pilgrimage, Podcasting

Pray as you can, not as you want

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 13, 2010

The second of Fr. Thomas Hopko’s 55 Maxims for Christian living is, pray as you can, not as you want. There is much wisdom in these words. It should be obvious that Christians are meant to pray. Anyone serious about being a Christian will spend time in prayer, but sometimes we fail in our lives [...]

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