Fr. Christian Mathis | December 28, 2011
On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three french hens. And so on this third day of Christmas we turn ourselves to poultry (Yes, I know most of you are celebrating the fourth day of Christmas–I got a late start and figured Epiphany can be day 12). Symbolically these three [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | January 3, 2010
This Sabbath Sunday I am choosing to share a post from last Christmas centered on the gifts of the magi in honor of the celebration of Epiphany. The post is entitled, Myrrh is mine, it’s bitter perfume…. Once again you are invited to join me in promoting the Sabbath by taking a break from your [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | April 8, 2009
Last night we celebrated the annual Chrism mass in the diocese for the first time with our new bishop. Each year during holy week we come together as a diocese to bless the oils that will be used in sacraments throughout the coming year. There is also an opportunity for the priests of the diocese [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | January 4, 2009
It wasn’t until my college days that I noticed the following verse from the song, We Three Kings. Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume, Breathes a life of gathering gloom; Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in a stone-cold tomb. Having just returned from Christmas break, I was attending our weekly celebration of the Eucharist at the [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 24, 2008
This weekend I received a package with the final ingredient for completing the icon of St. Michael the Archangel. The last step of writing an icon is to seal the icon with oil. The sealing protects the icon so that it can be more easily touched. It also has the effect of deepening the colors [...]
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