Anita Mathias

Christian Meditation with Anita Mathias

Religion EN ↓ 30 episodes

Brief poetic meditations on the great Christian and Biblical themes by writer and blogger, Anita Mathias. I am currently meditating through the Gospel of Matthew, a meditation a week. Scripts on Anitamathias.com Please check out my memoir, Rosaries, Reading, Secrets: A Catholic Childhood in India on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk (and widely available internationally).

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Anita Mathias

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Change your Life by Changing How You Think 24.03.2023 11:00

Send us Fan Mail (Scriptural meditation begins at 2:54.) Christ calls us to metanoia, or repentance, literally, thinking differently. Let's view our contemporary bugbears of body shape, diet, exercise & fasting with the energy of the new transformed mind of Christ My memoir: Rosaries, Reading, Secrets: A Catholic Childhood in India UK USA Blog: anitamathias.com Facebook:...

Do Not Be Afraid--but Be “As Wise as a Serpent.” 13.03.2023 10:55

Send us Fan Mail (Scriptural meditation begins at 2:29.) On Being Wise as a Serpent, but Blameless as a Dove. Today's episode considers the narrow line between acting out of fear--which leads to foolish results, and acting with wisdom and prudence, which leads to excellent results. We’ll consider Jesus's command to be as wise as a serpent, but as blameless as a dove--since we are, indee...

Christ Comes to Those Who've Messed Up 03.03.2023 6:35

Send us Fan Mail (Scriptural meditation begins at 1:49.) Matthew's genealogy of Christ includes many with colourful sexual histories--Rahab, the prostitute, Tamar who tricked her father-in-law into sex, the married Bathsheba who slept with adulterous King David, Solomon of many wives and concubines--from such the Lord Jesus Christ came. And we who fail, though in less spectacular ways, we t...

The Whole Earth is Full of God's Glory 24.02.2023 6:20

Send us Fan Mail (Scriptural meditation begins at 1:45) In Isaiah's ecstatic vision, angels surround God singing, "The whole earth is full of God's glory." And it still is. When our hearts are downcast, seeing this earth, bathed in the light of God's glory, fill us again with a little bit of joy, a little bit of hope, and a little bit of peace. My memoir: Rosaries, R...

Mindfulness of Christ, Always with Us 20.02.2023 11:04

Send us Fan Mail (Scriptural meditation begins at 5:44.) Mindfulness is slowing down, and becoming aware of the presence of God, our Father, with us in every room we enter. It is remembering Christ, who walks with us. It is awareness of the presence of the Spirit who, on request, guides and teaches us. Check out the podcast transcript at https://anitamathias.com/2023/02/20/mindfulness-is-rememberi...