Reflections from Fr. Justin Mathews + husband, father, priest, artist, aspiring fool for Christ (www.JustinMathews.com)

Saturday, November 04, 2006

~ INCREDIBLE IDEA ~


You need to check out this record and most importantly the idea behind the diribution of the album. Click here!

Derrek Webb plays with an acquantance of mine from college, Jeremy Casella (www.Jeremy Casella) and used to play with Caedmon's Call. Pretty pointed record at some points. But I like it! Especially check out "A King A Kingdom".

Blessings,

FrJM

[PS - I would love to do this with my last record! I am looking into it... If anyone is interested in helping me GIVE AWAY my records online please email me. ]

Thursday, November 02, 2006

objective order.

"To free ourselves from inner chaos, we must recognize objective order."

- From "Diary of A Russian Priest"

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

receive, attain, possess, struggle +



"We receive salvation by grace and as a divine gift of the Spirit. But
to attain the full measure of virtue we need also to possess faith and
love, and to struggle to exercise our free will with integrity."

St. Makarios of Egypt

Monday, October 30, 2006

love without getting tired...


"…it is up to us to add labors to labors in order to “go from strength to strength” (Ps. 83:7),
and to come “to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13)…"
- St. Seraphim of Sarov



"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to
love without getting tired."
- Mother Teresa


I found this icon online at the Coptic Orthodox Church Center, Uk, in their section about iconography and personal prayers.

The icon is of Christ and the Samaritan woman (St. Photini, as the church knows her, "the light bearer") - an icon of love for us to consider today.

FrJM