Fr. Christian Mathis | December 10, 2011
What has passed our lips as food, O Lord, may we possess in purity of heart, that what has been given to us in time may be our healing for eternity. One of the privileges that comes with ordination is having the responsibility to speak the words of the liturgy for the people of God. [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | September 9, 2011
Maintain cleanliness and order in your home. Maxim #20 One of my least favorite things to hear as a kid were the often spoken words of my mom, “Clean your room”. Oh, the terror of those three words! Each time I was given the task of straightening up a room that looked as if it [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | September 3, 2011
It begins hours before the fans descend upon Neyland Stadium. You can feel the excitement on the highways, cars decorated with orange and white flags making their way towards Knoxville. You can feel the energy begin to grow on campus as thousands descend upon the university, setting up grills and pulling coolers from their vehicles [...]
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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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Fr. Christian Mathis | March 27, 2010
An unexpected benefit to blogging has been the number of other incredible people I have come across who are out there blogging as well, sharing their thoughts, experiences and expertise on the world wide web. Bloggers often get a bad rap due to the fact that there are just so many who don’t, in my [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | October 1, 2009
One constant in ministry is change. Today was one of the many days I have awakened with my day planned out only to find there were other plans waiting for me. I was successful in getting to all the things scheduled on my calendar, but also was met with the task of receiving a new [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | August 29, 2009
Yesterday I spent several hours working here at the new blogsite in an attempt to get some things up to date. One of the things I was most happy about when making the change to WordPress was the ability to transfer all my old blog posts here. All of them came over at once, which [...]
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