Since we are now in the season of Advent, I thought I would give you a very brief blog post today focusing on the four blog posts I have written in the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in Advent
“Mondays with Mary” – Reasons Why We Should Honor and Imitate the Blessed Virgin Mary in Her Childhood
Since Saturday was the Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I found it fitting to focus today’s “Mondays with Mary” on the words of St. John Eudes. In his […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Nanteuil (France)
In light of the recent attacks in Paris, France, I felt that need to write about a Marian devotion that focused specifically on Our Lady in France. Although today’s “Mondays with Mary” […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘The Marriage that Linked Joseph to Mary’
On Saturday, I attended the wedding of parishioners I met last year, since they both were in our RCIA and Adult Confirmation process at the parish. Now they are not only parishioners; […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary, The Queen of All Saints
Since yesterday was the Solemnity of All Saints, the great feast where we celebrate not only the canonized Saints of the Church, but also the unknown saints that have reached the Heavenly […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 40th Annual Arizona Rosary Celebration in Phoenix, Arizona
Yesterday I attended the 40th Annual Arizona Rosary Celebration in Phoenix, Arizona, with my mom and cousin. I felt the need to attend this year’s Rosary celebration for two reasons: first, mom […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘The Joyful Mystery’ through the Words of Pope Benedict XVI
As we continue in the month of October, the Month of the Holy Rosary, I find it fitting to share with you more catechesis on the importance of the Holy Rosary. Last […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Venerable Fulton J. Sheen on Mary and the Rosary
Since October is the Month of the Rosary, I found it fitting to write yet another blog post focusing on the importance of the Holy Rosary. Last week, I wrote a blog […]
How Important is the Holy Rosary? Well, I Have Written on it 13 Times
Today, in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, we celebrate the memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Holy Rosary is important and should be prayed by all the faithful […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope St. John Paul II, Challenges of the Family, and Marian Prayer
Yesterday, the Synod on the Family began in Rome with a selection of Bishops from around the world to discuss the pastoral nature of the family in the 21st century. In my […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 10 Quotes on the Family from the Guardian of the Redeemer
As I said from my blog post on June 22, 2015 from the “Mondays with Mary” series titled, The Fatherhood of St. Joseph, I would return to the document, Redemptoris Custos (Guardian […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the Patroness of Cuba
With the Apostolic Journey of Pope Francis to Cuba over the last couple of days, I thought I would reflect on part of Pope St. John Paul II’s Apostolic Journey that he […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: ‘Conceived by the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary’
Last week, my first book was published through Emmaus Road Publishing, the newly minted publishing arm of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. The title of the book is Understanding Catholic […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary Under the Cross
With today being the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, in both the East and West, I found it fitting to provide you with the previous “Mondays with Mary” that […]
My First Published Book – Understanding Catholic Teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary
One year ago, I sent in the first manuscript I had ever written to Emmaus Road Publishing (now part of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology) on the Four Marian Dogmas […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘12 Principal Virtues of the Wondrous Childhood of the Blessed Virgin’
Tomorrow in the Catholic Church, September 8, we commemorate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Birth of the Theotokos in the East). A glorious day that focuses on the birth of […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Burial of Our Lord, and the Loneliness of the Blessed Virgin
Today, we conclude the seven-week examination of The Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. For the past six weeks, I have focused on explaining these sorrows, which are meditated upon in the Mater […]
