Fr. Christian Mathis | January 5, 2012
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eleven pipers piping. Jesus chose twelve men who would become his apostles. Eleven of those were faithful. St. John was the only one to stand by him at the crucifixion, but ten others would return and remain faithful even to martyrdom. It is [...]
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 | April 11, 2011
One of the things that I love most about our current social media craze is having had the opportunity to meet so many thoughtful Christians of various different traditions. It was through several of my friends from evangelical traditions that I first learned of the book Love Wins by Rob Bell. My curiosity was piqued [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | March 25, 2011
This was God’s plan to change the world–He chose His followers to be the change–He chose you, and He chose me. We are the ones who will bring the good news to the poor, bind up the brokenhearted, and stand up for justice in a fallen world. We are the revolution. We are God’s Plan [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | January 11, 2011
My last reflection on Vatican II’s Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, spoke about the importance of our being formed throughout our lives by the sacraments. The last section of the chapter on the People of God describes for us who are the people included in this group. The short answer to that question is, [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 13, 2010
Today as we were visiting the Dead Sea I was reminded of something that was shared with me on my first pilgrimage to the Holy Land. One of the people we met described the land where the Biblical events took place as the fifth gospel. We have the four written gospels, and we also have [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 28, 2010
I’ve been receiving lots of attention recently in our diocese for my seemingly non-stop internet conversations with Catholics and non-Catholics alike on matters of faith. It is something that I have come to dearly love, and something that at times needs to be reigned in so that there is time for interaction with people in [...]
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