Fr. Christian Mathis | March 7, 2010
As we continue our Lenten journey, I am reminded again and again of how easy it is to give in to failure. Our job as Christians is to keep getting up. This post from last year is a good reminder that Christians have been prone to failure since the beginning. You can read it here. [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | February 3, 2010
Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience. –St. John Climacus
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Fr. Christian Mathis | May 3, 2009
Many of the regular readers of this blog know my appreciation for the writing of Molly Sabourin. She always seems to capture both the content and spirit of many things present in my life. Though we are living out different vocations, I as a member of the clergy, she as the married mother of four, [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | March 10, 2009
Then seizing him [Jesus], they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest [Caiaphas]. Peter followed at a distance. . . .A servant girl . . . said, ‘This man was with him.’ But he denied it. ‘Woman, I don’t know him,’ he said. A little later someone else saw [...]
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