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Christ’s Great Golden Triad to Guide Our Actions and Decisions

Anita Mathias — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 18:03:54 +0000

Andrei Rublev, The Trinity Here’s a meditation on Matthew 22: 34-40. Do press the green button to listen. So, an expert in the Mosaic law, a Pharisee, tests Jesus: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” A mined field, a trap, for the question implied: “And which of the 613 commands in […]

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God can Extract Gold from the Griefs of the Past

Anita Mathias — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:17:13 +0000

There is always another one walking beside you T.S. Eliot Wasteland Emmaus, by Slovenian Jesuit Marco Rupnik from HolyArt.com So, the new “Great Books” book group I’ve got together (we’re steadily reading chronologically through the Classics!) read the ancient Greek trilogy The Oresteia last week. The plot: Orestes avenges the murder of his father […]

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Thoughts on my Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary

Anita Mathias — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:57:40 +0000

So Roy and I have been married for 25 years. It’s customary to dispense advice on such occasions, but I have little to give. The things that have worked for us have evolved slowly. And conversely, some advice from the marriage books—“Always go to the bed at the same time,” have wasted time. * * […]

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God of the Clanging Cymbal

Anita Mathias — Wed, 21 May 2014 11:34:40 +0000

You are the God of the noisy gongs, and you are the God of the clanging cymbals, of those who speak in the tongues of angels and are impatient, who prophesy and are unkind, who understand mysteries and resent the success of the unworthy, whose faith moves mountains, and are rude and […]

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The Best Two Word Definition of Love

Anita Mathias — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:24:26 +0000

There was a prophetically poignant moment in the otherwise fairytale romance of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Interviewer: Are you in love? Diana, instantly, “Of course.” Charles, qualifying, “Whatever in love means.” Probably every marriage goes through “Do you love each other?” “Of course.” “Whatever love means…” seasons. And then it helps to remember […]

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