Fr. Christian Mathis | February 11, 2010
Perhaps one of the most disturbing parts of Roman Catholicism and the Orthodox Church for Evangelicals is our stubborn insistence upon giving honor to Christ’s mother, Mary. Thomas Howard’s discussion of the subject brings us back around to the importance that Christianity places on the physical. He notes that in the Old Testament we see [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | January 2, 2010
Today I am happy once again to be taking part in Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blogpost. Elizabeth is hosting a special new year’s edition by asking bloggers to share their favorite post of the entire last year. My first thought was that it would be incredibly difficult to choose my favorite post from so many, [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | December 12, 2009
Though my internet friend Molly approaches this subject from the standpoint of being an Orthodox Christian, one could just as easily substitute, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist or any number of names. If we Christians are ever going to be reunited in faith, we must first be willing to love one another enough to share our own [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 11, 2009
Here we come to the part of the mass that most Western Christians would consider to be the center and most important part of our prayer, that being the institution narrative and consecration. The new GIRM describes this section of the Eucharistic Prayer in these words,
Institution narrative and consecration: In which, by means of words [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | October 25, 2009
Baptism and the Eucharist were at the center of the presentations given by our retreat director, Fr. Gerry Austin O.P. this past week. He also helped us to take a close look at what he called the three priesthoods that exist within the Church–first and foremost is the priesthood of Jesus Christ, within this priesthood [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 20, 2009
One of my friends recently mentioned the fact that between the “Sites to See” and “Blogroll” portion of this blog there is quite a bit to explore. At least for him, it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin with checking out the recommended webpages and blogsites. His comment gave me the idea of [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | June 26, 2009
Most of my posts since the Feast of Corpus Christi have centered around the Eucharist. It is a topic which I have enjoyed writing about for the last couple of weeks, but this post will be the last on the subject for a little while.
As many of you know, I have a great love for [...]
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