Fr. Christian Mathis | June 27, 2010
Today’s Sabbath post focuses on the Holy Spirit. You can find it here. Once again you are invited to join me in promoting the Sabbath by taking a break from your normal blogging. Please share an older post from your blog that is near and dear to your heart. Make sure to leave your name [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | June 25, 2010
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | October 25, 2009
Baptism and the Eucharist were at the center of the presentations given by our retreat director, Fr. Gerry Austin O.P. this past week. He also helped us to take a close look at what he called the three priesthoods that exist within the Church–first and foremost is the priesthood of Jesus Christ, within this priesthood [...]
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