Fr. Christian Mathis | January 2, 2012
On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight maids a-milking. The new year is normally a time for resolutions and hope for a year filled with blessings. The milk Jesus provided for sustenance is found in the eight Beatitudes. Here is the path to being blessed according to Jesus. Blessed [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | December 29, 2011
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, four calling birds. Continuing on our journey through The Twelve Days of Christmas, we come to the gift of four calling birds, or in the Christian world what we refer to as the four Gospels. Just as the angels announced to the shepherds [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 11, 2011
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, ”Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | June 29, 2011
One of my parishioners recently recounted an exchange that he had with one of our Protestant brothers who shared with him one of the big problems he had with the Catholic Church. “You all call your priests father,” he said, “in the Bible, Jesus says we should call no man father.” Having grown up in [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | December 29, 2010
Say the Lord’s Prayer several times a day. (Maxim #4) When you are praying, do not behave like the hypocrites who love to stand and pray in synagogues or on street corners in order to be noticed. I give you my word, they are already repaid. Whenever you pray, go to your room, close the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | December 25, 2010
A family record of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah whose mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram. [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 18, 2010
This morning our group of pilgrims gathered at the Mount of Beatitudes for mass as we continue our journey through the region of Galilee. Fr. Jim Harvey led us in prayer and reminded us that if one were looking for a summary of what Jesus taught to his disciples, one need look no further than [...]
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