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 […]
“Mondays with Mary” – In a Time of Crisis…Mary Should Not Be Forgotten
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 […]
Habemus Papam – We have a Pope!
On April 19, 2005, my sister called me during the school day (she teaches as well) and told me that the media was reporting news of a new Pope. As the minutes […]
The Life and Times of Blessed John Paul II with the Catholic Bobcats of Texas State
On Monday night, I had the privilege to speak at the H.L. Grant Catholic Student Center and Saint Jude Chapel on the campus of the Texas State Bobcats in San Marcos, Texas. […]
How do I study the Holy Bible?
Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of studying the Scriptures and how the Road to Emmaus in Luke 24 gives us a glance of Jesus explaining the Scriptures to his disciples on […]
The Road to Emmaus and Scripture Study
The Gospel in the Wednesday within the Octave of Easter came from Luke 24:13-25 – The Road to Emmaus. This is by far one of my favorite scripture passages in all the […]
The Resurrection of the Lord!
“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 new form of life, into […]
“The Great Week”, Part III
As Jesus lies in the tomb, we come to my favorite part of the Sacred Triduum – The Easter Vigil. The Easter Vigil is the Mass where the new Catholic converts are […]
The Crucifixion of Our Lord
Hymns Adapted from Great Friday Morning – Eastern Catholic and Antiochian Orthodox Christian. Source: Eastern Holy Card. When You were led to the Cross, O Lord, You asked, “For what act do […]
“The Great Week”, Part II
The Sacred Triduum begins with Holy Thursday (Thursday of the Lord’s Supper), the day Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Priesthood while he celebrated the Passover Meal with the Apostles […]
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