The Gospel in the Wednesday within the Octave of Easter came from Luke 24:13-25 – The Road to Emmaus. This is by far one of my favorite scripture passages in all the […]
The Road to Emmaus and Scripture Study
Tom Perna
The Resurrection of the Lord!
“T0 behold the risen Christ was an experience that burst the bounds of the ordinary.” — Romano Guardini “Jesus’ Resurrection was about breaking out into an entirely new form of life, into […]
“The Great Week”, Part III
As Jesus lies in the tomb, we come to my favorite part of the Sacred Triduum – The Easter Vigil. The Easter Vigil is the Mass where the new Catholic converts are […]
The Crucifixion of Our Lord
Hymns Adapted from Great Friday Morning – Eastern Catholic and Antiochian Orthodox Christian. Source: Eastern Holy Card. When You were led to the Cross, O Lord, You asked, “For what act do […]
“The Great Week”, Part II
The Sacred Triduum begins with Holy Thursday (Thursday of the Lord’s Supper), the day Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Priesthood while he celebrated the Passover Meal with the Apostles […]
Reflections on Blessed John Paul II from the JP 2 Generation
I wrote this initially on October 22, 2011 on the first official feast day of Blessed John Paul II. It was on another blog that I was writing for at the time. […]
“The Great Week”, Part I
We are now officially into the week that I think is by far the best week in the entire liturgical cycle – Holy Week or “Great Week” as the Eastern Churches name […]
Standing Up For Religious Freedom
This past Friday I joined a few hundred individuals at the steps of the Texas State Capitol to show my outrage against the Obama Administration’s HHS Mandate. When this was first announced […]
Psalm 137 – Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
I realize that four days have passed since the 4th Sunday in Lent, but with school starting up again this week and trying to plan lessons for my students for the upcoming […]
St. Joseph – Patron of the Universal Church
Today we celebrate one of my favorite saints – St. Joseph. I have always had a devotion to him since my middle name is Joseph, and for Italians, he is one of […]
Operation Catechize the Catholics
Two days ago on March 14, the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education posted this article, “Vatican Official Says There Is Great Need to Catechize Catholics” on Facebook. I got very excited when […]
Book Reviews Complete…For Now
Instead of writing a full-blown post today, I chose to finish reviewing books that are located on my Homepage under the tab – “Book Reviews.” There are a total of 17 books […]
Readings for the Third Sunday of Lent
Today, I want to write on all four readings from yesterday. Last Monday, I gave a Bible Study on the readings we heard yesterday (well I didn’t hear them since I attended […]
Psalm 116 – Walking Before the LORD
This past Sunday in the Roman Liturgy we celebrated the 2nd Sunday of Lent. The psalm for this past Sunday was Psalm 116:10, 15, 16-17, 18-19. When I walked into Mass at […]
Holiness and Martyrdom as a Catholic in America
When Cardinal Timothy Dolan received his red hat on February 18, he said that he was grateful to the Holy Father for giving him this honor, but he just wants to be […]
Psalm 25 – Make Me To Know Your Ways, O Lord…
Continuing with the same theme of sin and forgiveness, I wish to write a short reflection on Psalm 25. Since we are in Lent, this is theme that will continue through this […]
Psalm 51 – Have Mercy on Me, O God…
Now that we are officially into the season of Lent, I wanted to write on something that would be beneficial to this Lenten season and really anytime we have sinned and are […]
