Today’s “Monday’s with Mary” is a small collection of quotes about the Blessed Mother from the some of the great saints of the Catholic Church. There is no doubt there are many […]
“Mondays With Mary” – The Love the Saints Have for Mary
Tom Perna
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
Although we celebrate many solemnities in the Catholic Church, the Solemnity of Corpus Christi has to be one that really stands out for us since its about the Body and Blood of […]
Religious Freedom, Conscience Formation and “For Greater Glory”
In light of the STAND UP FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RALLIES that will be taking place in 160 cities across the United States of America tomorrow, I wanted to share with my new […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Magnificat
This post should have been part of the blog from last Monday on the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, however with last week being Final Exams week for my students and […]
Catholic Humor with a Little Help from Bill and Ted…Excellent!
WHO WAS JOAN OF ARC? Yes – that was Keanu Reeves. You know Neo from the Matrix Trilogy?…Yes…him! Now really, who is St. Joan of Arc? My student’s here in Austin would […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
This coming Thursday is the Feast Day of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and also happens to be my Mom’s birthday. What a great day to be born! With all […]
Reflections on the Pentecost Readings
These readings are some of my favorites from the entire Canon. I truly love the First Reading because as I Lector at Mass I have read it numerous times. The Gospel is […]
The Readings for Pentecost Sunday
This past Monday night I led the Bible Study Night at Spirit and Truth here in Austin, Texas. It was not on my calendar until three days before when a friend who […]
“Mondays with Mary” – In a Time of Crisis…Mary Should Not Be Forgotten
As I was thinking about what do for this week’s “Mondays with Mary”, I came upon in my class notes from my course in graduate school on Mary – Six Reasons Why […]
The Magisterial Teachings of Blessed John Paul II
Today, in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyla was born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska in the Polish town of Wadowice. If Blessed John Paul II was still with us today, he would […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Fatima
The apparitions at Fatima continue to be the most magnificent of all the Marian apparitions to affect the world in the modern era. Mary under her title, “Our Lady of the Rosary” […]
Motherhood, Mary, and Blessed John Paul II
On May 2nd, Pat Ryan of Relevant Radio interviewed me here in Austin (the interview will air in the middle to late June). One of the first questions he asked me was […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Holy Rosary
After my students and I finish each new theology chapter, I like to take them to the school chapel for prayer. I think it’s important to pray with our students since theology […]
May – The Month of Mary
Last weekend when I was home for my niece’s Baptism into the Catholic Church, I decided to wait to get her presents at the King’s House, a Catholic religious store, in Scottsdale, […]
The Beatification of Blessed John Paul II
Since the day that Pope John Paul II entered into heavenly glory (April 2, 2005), I had been praying for his Beatification. It was so important to me that I wrote it […]
St. Gianna Berreta Molla
I had never heard of Saint Gianna Molla before September 2007. This was the month my friend Erika gave birth to her first daughter, Gianna Rose. Erika and her husband, Dan, decided […]
Always in Moderation
On April 13, 2012, Crisis Magazine posted an article by Sean P. Daily (which was actually from 2009) on The Lost Art of Catholic Drinking. You should read this first before reading […]
TOM PERNA 