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 [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | June 28, 2009
Okay. So maybe one more post concerning the Eucharist. Our recent discussion on the real presence brought me back to this short passage written in my prayer journal several years back from The Spirit of the Liturgy by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who has since become Pope Benedict XVI: It (the liturgy) only has meaning in relation [...]
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, [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | April 11, 2009
Behold, Behold, the wood of the cross, on which is hung our salvation. O come let us adore. These are the words we repeated in song as the members of St. Thomas parish made their way one by one to venerate the cross last night. Several minutes later we began to sing another verse, Jesus, [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | March 28, 2009
One of my favorite podcasts these days is called Steve the Builder. Steve is a new friend and usually pretty challenging. This is certainly the case in his newest episode, In the Company of Sinners, where he reminds us that living the Gospel has a high cost. You can listen to it here.
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