Fr. Christian Mathis | September 3, 2011
It’s time again for Elizabeth Esther’s Saturday Evening Blog Post. Each month Elizabeth invites fellow bloggers to share their favorite post of the month and gives us the opportunity to meet new bloggers. This edition of the post includes the months of both July and August since Elizabeth spent much of July in Bolivia. The [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 31, 2011
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10) Have you ever felt that you were not worthy to use the name Christian when describing yourself? Have you ever struggled with that one particular [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | August 3, 2011
Be an ordinary person. Maxim #18 The Pharisee with head unbowed prayed in this fashion: “I give you thanks, O God, that I am not like the rest of men—grasping, crooked, adulterous—or even like this tax collector. (Luke 18:11) One of the marks of true humility is to see oneself as an ordinary person. It [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | July 2, 2011
Recently I have heard from both Catholics and non-Catholics alike who worry that making the claim that what one believes is true is an arrogant position to take since it sometimes implies that those with conflicting beliefs may be incorrect. Perhaps they are right, but I am not sure there is another alternative when it [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | January 10, 2011
Make some prostrations when you pray. Maxim #6 One of the things that is often a hurdle for Protestants who visit a Catholic liturgy is trying to figure out when to stand, sit, kneel, etc. We Catholics have a very physical form of prayer. This is a good thing as it reminds us that God [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 29, 2010
This morning’s Gospel reading recalls the story of a Roman Centurion who approaches Jesus with the request to heal his servant. When Jesus asks him to take him to his servant his reply is stunning in the faith expressed, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof, but only say the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | October 29, 2010
It wasn’t until I entered the seminary that I saw the ugliness of church politics that expresses itself in ways that are strikingly and unfortunately similar to so many television news networks. Probably one of the first ways I was to see it expressed was between those who argued among one another about the proper [...]
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