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Catechesis On The Holy Trinity By Pope Saint John Paul II

By Tom Perna on June 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Between the years of 1985 to 1991, during the General Audiences, Pope Saint John Paul II gave the world an amazing series focused on the catechesis of the Holy Trinity. These catechetical […]

10 Exhortations on the Blessed Sacrament from The Imitation of Christ

By Tom Perna on June 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Today, in the Roman rite of the Catholic Church, we celebrate one of the great solemnities – the Solemnity of Corpus Christi. On this day, we commemorate the great sacrament of the […]

The Eucharist, Obedience, and Charity in one great homily

By Tom Perna on May 28, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A friend of mine shared this great homily with my wife and I. We absolutely loved it! Now, I share it with you. The priest giving the homily is Fr. Robert Bolding. […]

I am grateful for those who have served

By Tom Perna on May 25, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

One of the biggest regrets in my life, and yes, I know that God has a plan, is that I never served in the military. Although I thought about it briefly after […]

Pope Saint John Paul THE GREAT

By Tom Perna on May 18, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Today, we celebrate 100 years of the birth of Karol Wojtyla, the Polish man who would become Pope John Paul II. Anyone that knows me well knows that I am a Pope […]

“Mondays with Mary” – 8th Anniversary (and how it all started for me with Our Lady)

By Tom Perna on May 11, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

This month is the 8th Anniversary of my blog series titled, “Mondays with Mary.” This is the 343rd blog post focusing on Our Lady in this series. Instead of writing about it, […]

Walking Like the Saints

By Tom Perna on May 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

From the very moment of our Baptism, we are called to be Holy. When we think about holiness, most people think about the Saints. The men and women that have been declared […]

Saint James the Lesser

By Tom Perna on May 3, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Even though today is the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3, is the Feast Day for one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ – Saint James the Lesser. This is a […]

10 Inspirational Quotes on Work from the Saints

By Tom Perna on May 1, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

In 1955, Pope Pius XII instituted the memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker. This day corresponds with the day of labor that is commemorated in many countries across the world. The importance […]

A Roman Epidemic, St. Gregory The Great, and The Regina Caeli

By Tom Perna on April 27, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

In the Easter Season, which starts on Holy Saturday night and concludes with the seventh Sunday of Easter, Pentecost Sunday, the Regina Caeli is one of the four seasonal antiphons that can […]

Remembering my Dad…five years after his death

By Tom Perna on April 22, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Today is the fifth anniversary of my Dad’s death. I still can’t believe it’s been 5 years already. Below is a YouTube Video of me talking about my Dad. It is essentially […]

10 Quotes from the Father of Scholasticism, Saint Anselm of Canterbury

By Tom Perna on April 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Today, we celebrate the memorial of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, the Father of Scholasticism and one of the great Doctors of the Catholic Church. St. Anselm was born in 1033 A.D. and […]

On Easter Sunday, the Blessed Sacrament visited our home

By Tom Perna on April 13, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Yesterday morning, just as we were finishing up live-streaming an Easter Sunday Mass, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the most precious Blessed Sacrament visited our home. We were one of the first […]

Happy Easter from Tom Perna!

By Tom Perna on April 12, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

HE IS RISEN!! HAPPY EASTER!!  “To 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 […]

Holy Week: The Greatest Week in the Church Year

By Tom Perna on April 5, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Now that we are officially in Holy Week, The Great Week of the Church, and a week and time period I doubt that any of us will ever forget, I wanted to […]

Catholic Socks from Sock Religious: Saint Padre Pio, the Resurrection, and Divine Mercy

By Tom Perna on April 3, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

In the past, I have written about the socks that I wear, and in my collection of socks, I have socks from Sock Religious, a Catholic company producing Saints and other Catholic-themed […]

The Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary

By Tom Perna on March 27, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Over the past week, due to Covid-19, many countries around the world have consecrated themselves to these two very distinct devotions in the Catholic Church – The Sacred Heart of Jesus and […]

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