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Doubting Thomas (repost)

Fr. Christian Mathis | April 30, 2011

Last night I received a short message from a friend commenting on this new blog and I have been reflecting upon it ever since. “I enjoyed that. It makes me wish I still believed in God,” he wrote. “Me too,” I thought to myself. The first thing one sees when entering the church where I [...]

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Tags: Atheism, Bible Belt, courage, doubt, faith, fundamentalism, lost, St. Thomas

The Road to Emmaus

Fr. Christian Mathis | April 29, 2011

Beginning, then, with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted for them every passage of Scripture which referred to him. By now they were near the village to which they were going, and he acted as if he were going farther. But they pressed him: “Stay with us. It is nearly evening, the day is [...]

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Tags: Baptism, Easter, Emmaus, Eucharist, Lent, RCIA, resurrection

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Fr. Christian Mathis | April 20, 2011

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Tags: Holy Week, Jesus Christ, resurrection, The Twitter

Servants of the Cross

Fr. Christian Mathis | April 19, 2011

Last night I attended the annual Lenten prayer service at All Saints Catholic Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. The pastor, Fr. Michael Woods was in his usual good form as he read the gospel and then shared the story of the Ragman. If you are not familiar with this story I would encourage you to check [...]

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Tags: All Saints Parish, failure, Fr. Michael Woods, Lent, Ragman, redemption, salvation, Walter Wangerin

Fr. Bob Barron on How to read the Bible

Fr. Christian Mathis | April 18, 2011

This is an excellent summary of the Catholic method of reading the Bible.

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Tags: Fr. Bob Barron, historical critical method, Pope Benedict XVI, Sacred Scripture, The Bible

Day of the Donkey

Fr. Christian Mathis | April 17, 2011

Last night while attending a dinner hosted by the Knights of Columbus I was reminded by my brother priest, Fr. David Carter, of this poem by G.K. Chesterton which describes well the call of all Christians to be bearers of Christ, even when we feel like an ass. When forests walked and fishes flew And [...]

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