Fr. Christian Mathis | January 12, 2012
Do the most difficult and painful things first. Maxim #27 When I was a newly ordained priest, my friend Fr. Mike Creson made this suggestion. He said, “When you are having a bad day, go ahead and do the things you least like doing but know are necessary.” Some similar advice is found in this [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | May 15, 2010
Today was a day centered around struggling. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, while things began well with this most recent icon, the further along I went, the more difficult it became. This morning I found that even the things that in the past have been the easiest to accomplish, became very difficult. It seemed [...]
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Tags: beauty, difficulties, grace, humility, iconography, mistakes, pride, struggles, Theotokos