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 [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | April 24, 2010
Yesterday at our meeting of the priests of the diocese our bishop came through on his promise of an autographed Stan Musial baseball. Bishop Stika is a huge Cardinals fan and a friend of Stan the Man. I was, and still am, pretty excited. Stan Musial is one of the greatest hitters in the history [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | April 19, 2010
Press Conference, The Diocese of Knoxville, April 15, 2010, Bishop Richard F. Stika from patrick murphy-racey on Vimeo. Though it is never uplifting to hear about a priest sexually abusing a child, Bishop Stika’s response to last week’s revelations has given me even more confidence in his leadership in our diocese. In this 26 minute [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | March 10, 2010
The seventh chapter of Thomas Howard’s book, Evangelical Is Not Enough, turns its attention to the subject of the Eucharist as a sacrament. Just recently in our diocese our bishop made national headlines for his response to an attack on the Catholic Church by a local Baptist minister that centered around an improper understanding the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | October 19, 2009
Posts at Blessed is the Kingdom have been few and far between of late, much of this due to a recent full schedule that has not allowed for blogging. One positive reason for a lack of posts this past weekend was a visit from my brother and his wife, who are on vacation this week. [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 29, 2009
Today we welcomed St. Joseph to his new home in the sanctuary of St. Thomas Parish. It is exciting to see images of the saints in our Church to remind us of our universal call to holiness. Sometimes our protestant brothers and [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 28, 2009
–1– So here is my second attempt at 7 Quick Takes. We begin with my happy news for the week. Just two days ago I was able to hire a new temporary bookkeeper for the parish who comes with excellent references and experience. It was a sigh of relief to have someone back in the [...]
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