Since Tuesday, October 4, is the memorial for Saint Francis of Assisi, I found it fitting to provide you today with his Marian prayer. Like many of the saints before him, and […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Tom Perna
5 Quotes by Mother Angelica on the Guardian Angels
Usually, October 2 is the Feast of the Guardian Angels, but since today is the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (at least in the Roman Rite), we celebrate this Sunday and not […]
The Name of their Office is Angel
Today is the Feast of the Archangels – Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and in some circles, Uriel. The Archangels are one of the nine choirs of angels that reside in the Heavenly Kingdom. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘Woman Clothed with the Sun’
A few weeks ago, I kicked off our Saturday Morning Speaker Series at the parish with a talk titled, The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Sacred Scriptures. One of the points that […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of La Salette
Traditionally, in the Roman Liturgical Calendar, September 19 was the day we honored the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title, Our Lady of La Salette. For today’s “Mondays with Mary”, I will […]
A Whole Lot of Writings on Our Lady of Sorrows
Today in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, we celebrate the Marian memorial known as Our Lady of Sorrows. This traditional devotion, which helps us understand Mary’s role in the suffering […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary
Today is the optional memorial for the Most Holy Name of Mary. It began as a feast in the year 1513 in the country of Spain. In 1671, it was extended to […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 10 Quotes on the Blessed Mother from St. Teresa of Calcutta
For the past five days, I have written five different blog posts focusing on the words of the newest saint in the Catholic Church’s arsenal, St. Teresa of Calcutta. On day one, […]
10 Quotes on Prayer from St. Teresa of Calcutta
Since today is the Canonization Day for St. Teresa of Calcutta, I am going to be as plain as I can with you and say that prayer is simply a conversation with […]
Mother Teresa: 12 Quotes on Faith and Holiness
Over the past two weeks, I taught the parents of our Family Formation Religious Education program at the parish. At our parish, when a child or children attend their bi-weekly religious education […]
7 Quotes on Family Life from Mother Teresa
One of the biggest attacks in this modern secular culture in which we live is the attack on the traditional family. It seems as if the family through a variety of avenues […]
Mother Teresa: Service, Work, and Evangelization
Since we are now three days away from the Canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, soon-to-be, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, I feel the need to use the next five days to write […]
The Marian Writings of St. Augustine of Hippo
August 28th is commonly the memorial of Saint Augustine of Hippo, but since it fell yesterday, which was on a Sunday, the Sunday Solemnity always trumps it and we celebrated the 22nd […]
I will be at the Arizona Marian Conference this weekend
From what I have been told, there will be around 900 participants this weekend at the Arizona Marian Conference, being held at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. I will be […]
“Mondays with Mary – 7 Quotes on the Queenship of Mary by Blessed Pope Pius XII
Since today, August 22, is the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary, a topic that I have written on many times, which you can read here; I thought I would add another […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Bishop Fulton Sheen and ‘The Assumption and the Modern World’
When I read many of the great Catholic authors of the 20th century – G.K. Chesterton, Bishop Fulton Sheen, Flannery O’Connor, Romano Guardini, and others like them, it seems to me as […]
The Blessing of Saint Clare
Today, August 11, is the memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin and Foundress of the Order of Poor Ladies of San Damiano, which was changed officially to the Order of Saint Clare by […]
