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“Mondays with Mary” – The Easter Homily of Melito of Sardis

By Tom Perna on March 28, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Melito of Sardis is considered an early church apologist. The word, apology, comes from the Greek term, apologia, which means, “to defend.” He gave a defense of Christianity sometime around the year […]

CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! HAPPY EASTER! ALLELUIA!

By Tom Perna on March 27, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

CHRIST IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! PRAISE BE JESUS CHRIST NOW AND FOREVER!  AMEN! ALLELUIA!  I would like to wish all of my readers, Facebook followers, Twitter followers, and those in […]

Was Jesus’ Last Supper Actually a Passover Meal or was it Something Completely New?

By Tom Perna on March 25, 2016 • ( 5 Comments )

This year for Lent I decided to take it upon myself to read the second part of Pope Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth, which is subtitled – Holy Week: From the Entrance […]

The Chrism Mass and Sacramental Oils Explained

By Tom Perna on March 22, 2016 • ( 9 Comments )

Last night, I traveled across the city of Phoenix to SS. Simon and Jude Cathedral for the annual Chrism Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Phoenix, Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted. This […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Jesus, Mary, and the Cross

By Tom Perna on March 21, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

In his book written with Adrienne Von Speyr, To the Heart of the Mystery of Redemption, the great Swiss theologian, Hans Urs Von Balthasar, says the following in relation to Mary and […]

Quick Lessons from the Catechism – The Seven Petitions in the Lord’s Prayer

By Tom Perna on March 16, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Let us continue and finish up from last week’s QLC’s, which focused on the general understanding of the Lord’s Prayer and the first phrase of the prayer, Our Father Who Art in […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady in THE WAY

By Tom Perna on March 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

In 1934, The Way, the great spiritual text written by St. Josemaria Escriva was first published under the title, Consideraciones Espritiuales. Five years later, when the second and longer text was published, […]

Quick Lessons from the Catechism: “Our Father Who Art In Heaven”

By Tom Perna on March 9, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Let us continue from yesterday’s QLC, which focused on the general understanding of the Lord’s Prayer. Today, we will examine what the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches on the very first […]

Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Lord’s Prayer

By Tom Perna on March 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Last night at RCIA/Adult Confirmation was the session known as the Presentation of the Creed and Presentation of the Lord’s Prayer. This night occurs during the Purification stage of the RCIA process. […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Consecration to the Blessed Virgin

By Tom Perna on March 7, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Ever since I went on my first Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat this past summer in San Diego with Miles Christi, I have been praying each morning different prayers as a Morning Prayer/Morning Offering. […]

Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary is Our Lady

By Tom Perna on February 29, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Over the course of 2000 years, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been given a variety of titles and names to honor her dignity as the Mother of God. Many of her titles […]

St. Gregory of Narek – The Armenian Mystic

By Tom Perna on February 27, 2016 • ( 7 Comments )

St. Gregory of Narek was born around the year 950 A.D. into an ecclesiastical family of scholars. Khosrov, an archbishop, was his father. At the death of his mother, his cousin, Anania […]

12 Original Catholics Memes

By Tom Perna on February 26, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Tonight, as I was flipping through channels on the television, I noticed the movie, Animal House, was being shown on IFC. It reminded me of a funny meme that I once created […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Health (Our Lady of San Juan)

By Tom Perna on February 22, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

After reading Kathy Schiffer’s article on National Catholic Register, which is titled, Who is the Lady in Blue that Pope Francis Venerated in Mexico?, I decided to do some research of my […]

Faithful Catholics: Get Your News about the Catholic Church from Reliable Sources

By Tom Perna on February 20, 2016 • ( 6 Comments )

Yesterday, I received an email from a person I know worried about the things that Pope Francis said on the plane between Mexico and Italy. This person’s main concern was that his […]

Quick Lessons from the Catechism: Mary – Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church

By Tom Perna on February 18, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Since it’s been nearly a week and a half since my last blog post, not intentional of course, I just moved and many of my resources are still in boxes; I thought […]

“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Walsingham

By Tom Perna on February 8, 2016 • ( 9 Comments )

The shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham, also known as England’s Nazareth, began in the middle of the 11th century just before the Normandy Invasion of 1066. In the year 1061, the […]

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