Fr. Christian Mathis | January 3, 2012
On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, nine ladies dancing. On this ninth day of Christmas we turn our attention to the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit. Often I have heard people speak about discerning where the Holy Spirit is leading them. It can sometimes be a process fraught [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | January 25, 2011
The illimitable Word of the Father accepted limitations by incarnation from thee, O Mother of God; and He transformed our defiled image to its original state and transfused it with the divine beauty. But we confess and give thanks for our salvation, and we proclaim it by deed and word. (Kontakion for the Triumph of [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | May 25, 2010
If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out my friend Mark’s blog, Traveling Teacher 2010, I encourage you to do so. His idea is to highlight the goodness of people by traveling around the world, relying only on the generosity of others. Those who have been following his blog have voted that he travel [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | August 13, 2008
“The perfect is the enemy of the good”, is a quote I have not heard often enough in my life, yet enough times to let the words and wisdom behind them sink in. For some time I have wanted to create a blog to share my thoughts with those for whom I care about and [...]
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