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The Pope & the Ministry of Unity

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 22, 2011

In yesterday’s homily, I spoke about the pope’s ministry of unity. You can listen to it here.

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Tags: homilies, love, Papacy, Pope Benedict XVI, unity

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity….Amen.

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 21, 2011

Yesterday I was listening to a recent episode of The Allen Hunt Show where he asked the question of whether a prayer like the one above is appropriate. Allen is clearly a fan of NASCAR and shares his experiences of leading the prayer before races in Atlanta and Talladega. He is also clearly a fan [...]

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Tags: Allen Hunt, NASCAR, Pastor Joe Nelms, prayer, Talladega Nights

Big Hairy Audacious Goals

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 19, 2011

One of the first challenges put before me in the early days of my time as our Diocesan Coordinator of Youth Ministry was to set Big Hairy Audacious Goals, otherwise known as BHAGs. Since that time I have come to believe that all of us should have at least a few BHAGs written down that [...]

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Tags: Appalachian Trail, BHAGs, discipline, Fr. David Boettner, hiking, life

A New Podcast on the New Roman Missal

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 17, 2011

Jim and I sat down several weeks ago to chat about the New Roman Missal. You can listen to our discussion here.

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Tags: change, Jim Wogan, Liturgy, New Roman Missal, podcasts, prayer

How to Celebrate Holy Days of Awesome

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 16, 2011

My most recent post on holy days of non-obligation elicited this response from a friend of a friend, They should stop calling them holy days of obligation then. The very word has the most negative connotations. Maybe “holy days of awesome”? Another friend had this response, Your last point is so essential, and I am [...]

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Tags: Assumption, Captain James T. Kirk, Dormition, holiness, holy days of awesome, holy days of non-obligation, holy days of obligation, love, Theotokos

Holy Days of Non-Obligation

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 14, 2011

The last couple of years many of our Catholic Holy Days have fallen close enough to a Sunday to put them in the category of what I often call Holy Days of Non-Obligation. You see, the bishops of the United States have come to the pastoral conclusion that it may be too much of a [...]

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Tags: Assumption, Dormition, fasting, holy days of non-obligation, holy days of obligation, love, obligation, prayer, Thanksgiving

Manners Matter

Fr. Christian Mathis | August 12, 2011

Be polite with everyone. Maxim #19 Fr. Thomas Hopko’s 19th Maxim for Christian Living is to be polite with everyone. Manners and etiquette seem to be on the decline in our modern American society and one might question how being polite fits into the Christian life. We need not look far into the Bible to [...]

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