On March 14 of this year, Pope Benedict XVI gave a General Audience in St. Peter’s Square on the importance Mary as our model of prayer. She prays at the Annunciation when […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary: The Model of Prayer
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope Paul VI and The Need for the Angelus
During this Year of Faith and as we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, I think it’s important to highlight some of the theology written by the Pope who […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Saints and Popes on the Holy Rosary
Since this coming Thursday is the Solemnity of All Saints (November 1), this “Mondays with Mary” will conclude this month of the Holy Rosary with a post on what the saints and […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 37th Annual Arizona Rosary Celebration in Phoenix, Arizona
Yesterday I attended the 37th Annual Arizona Rosary Celebration in Phoenix, Arizona. This event is one of the largest events (5,000 attendees) that shows honor to the Blessed Mother and the Holy […]
Mondays with Mary” – Benedict XVI, the Year of Faith, and the Mother of God
Even though I had said at the beginning of the month that I was going to write on the Holy Rosary during the month of October, I am switching gears this week […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Holy Rosary Through the Words of Blessed John Paul II
Last Tuesday I went to Confession (the Sacrament of Reconciliation), as I always do on Tuesdays at a parish close to where I work in Scottsdale. For the past month, every Tuesday, […]
Our Lady of the Rosary
On May 14 of this year, I wrote a blog post for “Mondays with Mary” on Our Lady of Fatima. During these approved apparitions, the Blessed Mother appeared at Fatima as “Our […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Holy Rosary, Part Deux and St. Therese of the Child Jesus
On May 7, 2012, I wrote a blog post on the Holy Rosary giving a basic understanding of the prayer that Blessed John Paul II admitted was his favorite prayer and the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary, Seat of Wisdom
In the book, Maria – Pope Benedict XVI on the Mother of God, the Holy Father collects many of his homilies, speeches, and prayers together along with many great photos of his […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Sorrows
This past Saturday, September 15, the Catholic Church celebrated the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows in her liturgical calendar. Pope Pius VII gave this devotion from Sacred Tradition to the Church […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Most Holy Name of Mary
If you hadn’t figured it out yet, I have a devotion and love for the Blessed Mother. I had always looked to her for guidance in my life, however it was not […]
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today, we celebrate the feast of The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary nine months after we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Today, we celebrate the birth of the Mother […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Parish
On Wednesday, August 15, I attended the Newman Center at Arizona State University for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary. Before Holy Mass began, I offered up my before […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI on the Assumption of Mary
As Catholics, we have been blessed to live during two of the most memorable pontificates in recent history. Many people my age (late 30’s) consider ourselves the JP2 Generation and will go […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Queenship of Mary
The Council of Vatican II in the document, Lumen Gentium – the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, declares in Chapter VIII – “Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On November 1, 1950, Blessed Pope Pius XII in the Apostolic Constitution, Munificentissiumus Deus, through an ex cathedra (“from the chair” – infallible) statement declared solemn “that the Immaculate Mother of God, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – St. Francis de Sales on the Assumption of Mary
We have now entered the month of August! As Catholics, we should be very excited about the days ahead in the liturgical calendar. For us in the Latin Rite, August 15 is […]
