Fr. Christian Mathis | December 25, 2010
A family record of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah whose mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram. [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | November 17, 2010
Today we began our day with a visit to the city of Nazareth where we were able to celebrate the liturgy at the place where Mary accepted God’s invitation through the angel Gabriel to become the mother of God. In her simple reply to God, she opened the door for the Incarnation of Christ, and [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | May 16, 2010
Today I’m breaking my Sabbath Sunday rule to post the final version of the Theotokos Oranta icon. Someone pointed out to me yesterday that I had forgotten to add a few small lines of paint to the eyes of this image. It seems like a small detail to add just a few brush strokes of [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | May 15, 2010
Today was a day centered around struggling. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, while things began well with this most recent icon, the further along I went, the more difficult it became. This morning I found that even the things that in the past have been the easiest to accomplish, became very difficult. It seemed [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | May 14, 2010
Today we continued our task of separating light. This afternoon’s task was discover the source of the light that emanates from each icon, that being the light of God Himself. It is his light that shines through the images found on icons of those who have been transfigured. As I worked on this new icon [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | May 13, 2010
Today’s work on our icons reminded me of an important aspect of the Christian life, that being we are always seeking greater perfection in the Christian life and the journey towards perfection never ends. One of my professors in the seminary, Fr. Bob Barron, once told me that we will never cease growing (even in [...]
Fr. Christian Mathis | May 12, 2010
Today we began our day first by adding the lines of the icons with paint which represents giving order to the chaos of the first layer of dark colors. The next step involves what Irene likes to call, “separating the light from the darkness”. The first layer of paint that is used to represent chaos [...]
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