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Advent is a Preparation for a Revolution

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 14, 2011

Fr. Bob Barron explains the revolutionary character of the seasons of Advent and Christmas.

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I’m Dreaming of a Brown Christmas

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 5, 2011

Deacon Sean Smith challenges us to hope for a Brown Christmas instead of a white one. You can listen here.

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Tags: Advent, Advent Conspiracy, Bethlehem, Brown Christmas, Christmas, Deacon Sean Smith, homilies, preparation, St. John the Baptist, White Christmas

Fellowship with the Martyrs

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 14, 2010

For ourselves, too, we ask some share in the fellowship of your apostles and martyrs, with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, (Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia) and all the saints. Recently I have been struck during the mass by these words of the Roman Canon. Since I was [...]

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Snakes! Why’d it have to be snakes?

Fr. Christian Mathis | December 8, 2010

This past Sunday we were met squarely with the words of John the Baptist. When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance. And do not presume to say [...]

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Growing in Faith

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 27, 2010

One of the things I have noticed in the process of writing icons by way of egg tempera is that continually throughout the process there are moments when I look down at what I have completed and say to myself, “That looks great already. Maybe I should just stop here.” Who wouldn’t be tempted to [...]

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Love Covers a Multitude of Sins

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 23, 2010

My fellow iconographer friend, Bill Quick, reminded me today that the process of floating colors is always a friend, as it covers a multitude of sins—meaning in this instance, painting errors. But all joking aside, there is a spiritual truth to be gained in this process. Our teacher, Irene, likes to say that if you [...]

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Tags: Bill Quick, humility, iconography, Irene Perez-Omer, mercy, prayer, St. John the Baptist

Resistance

Fr. Christian Mathis | July 20, 2010

Steven Pressfield begins his book The War of Art by describing what he defines as Resistance. It struck me today that at least a third of his list of activities that most commonly encounter this force are ones that could describe what I am doing this week. Below I have quoted the three that seem [...]

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