Fr. Christian Mathis | December 16, 2011
Drop down dew from above, you heavens, and let the clouds rain down the Just One; let the earth be opened and bring forth a Savior. (Isaiah 45:8) Entrance Antiphon for the 4th Sunday of Advent It has been raining quite a bit here in East Tennessee this past week. Perhaps God is trying to [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | September 22, 2011
Every summer as a college student I would see him standing somewhere on the streets at the Riverbend Festival. He was a large man dressed to look like Christ, standing next to a life-sized cross on which large red letters were written, This Blood’s For You. I’m sure he thought this was a clever slogan [...]
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 | May 15, 2010
Today was a day centered around struggling. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, while things began well with this most recent icon, the further along I went, the more difficult it became. This morning I found that even the things that in the past have been the easiest to accomplish, became very difficult. It seemed [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | December 15, 2009
The Season of Advent is meant to be a time of preparation. Throughout these four weeks we hear repeatedly the words of St. John the Baptist, the cousin and forerunner of Jesus, that urge us to prepare the way of the Lord. One of the ways we can do this is to prepare our hearts [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | July 4, 2009
The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to the “slavery of sin.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1733)
Fr. Christian Mathis | July 1, 2009
All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me, and you shall eat well, you shall delight [...]
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