Fr. Christian Mathis | September 10, 2010
It has been a little while since I have participated in Jennifer Fulwiler’s Friday Quick Takes. This morning I got the urging to participate with a short post on the Sacraments. Since there are seven of them, it seems like the perfect fit. I hope you will appreciate my quick takes on the Sacraments and [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 14, 2010
Sometimes I am at the mercy of humor. Though there are many Sabbath Sundays where I am content to share a post about sin or serial killers, today I feel compelled to share this video from Jennifer over at Conversion Diary. It just seems like the right thing to do.
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Fr. Christian Mathis | December 11, 2009
This edition of 7 Quick Takes will focus on seven saints. Let us begin with….. …..Saint Nicholas. We recently celebrated his feast day on December 6. This saint may be more well known as Santa Claus but was first an important bishop in the the fourth century who attended the Council of Nicea and was [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | November 8, 2009
Today’s blogpost is meant to continue challenging myself, along with my readers, to take the Sabbath more seriously than we normally do in American society. It is also an experiment to see if there are other bloggers who would like to send the same message, while also linking to other blogs. Eleven years ago I [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | August 7, 2009
–1– It has occurred to me on more than one Friday to join Jennifer over at Conversion Diary for one of her 7 Quick takes. The idea is to post seven quick thoughts or stories and then link your post to others who are doing the same. I hope you enjoy my first attempt. –2– [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 8, 2009
Jennifer over at Conversion Diary gave me the idea to create this blogpost where we can learn more about the readers of this blog. There are several frequent commentors whom I have enjoyed getting to know so far, but it would be great to find out more about the rest of you. With this in [...]
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