Today, we celebrate one of the great Doctors of the Church and most popular saints in all of Catholicism – Saint Augustine of Hippo. His influence on the Catholic Church has spanned […]
7 Quotes from St. Augustine of Hippo On the Church
12 Quotes by Saint Augustine of Hippo
Today we celebrate the memorial of Saint Augustine of Hippo, one of the great Doctors of the Church and one of the most popular canonized saints of the Catholic Church. He has […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Prayer of St. Augustine of Hippo
Since today, August 28, is the memorial of one of the great Doctors and Early Church Fathers, St. Augustine of Hippo, I thought I would provide for you a Marian Prayer composed […]
The Marian Writings of St. Augustine of Hippo
August 28th is commonly the memorial of Saint Augustine of Hippo, but since it fell yesterday, which was on a Sunday, the Sunday Solemnity always trumps it and we celebrated the 22nd […]
Merry Christmas from Tom Perna
“Let us rejoice, my brethren, let the nations exalt and be glad because, not the visible sun, but the invisible Creator of the sun has consecrated this day [Christmas] on which the […]
The Life of Saint Augustine Through the Words of Pope Benedict XVI
Today, in the Western lung of the Catholic Church, we celebrate the great African Doctor – Saint Augustine of Hippo. Eloquent in his life and his words, the Church dons him the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary’s Faith at the Annunciation
Continuing with the theme of the Annunciation for the month of March, which is one week from tomorrow, I want to focus today’s “Mondays with Mary” on two Early Church Fathers and […]
Saint Augustine of Hippo – The Doctor of Grace
In his Wednesday Audience from January 9, 2008, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI said, “This man of passion and faith, of the highest intelligence and tireless in his pastoral care, a great saint […]
Merry Christmas from Tom Perna
“Let us rejoice, my brethren, let the nations exalt and be glad because, not the visible sun, but the invisible Creator of the sun has consecrated this day [Christmas] on which the […]
Saint Augustine of Hippo – Bishop, Doctor and Saint of the Church
Most people know the great conversion story of Saint Augustine of Hippo, if you don’t, I would encourage you to read his book, The Confessions of St. Augustine. As I write this […]
Psalm 25 – Make Me To Know Your Ways, O Lord…
Continuing with the same theme of sin and forgiveness, I wish to write a short reflection on Psalm 25. Since we are in Lent, this is theme that will continue through this […]
Psalm 51 – Have Mercy on Me, O God…
Now that we are officially into the season of Lent, I wanted to write on something that would be beneficial to this Lenten season and really anytime we have sinned and are […]
The Erroneous Conscience
The Erroneous Conscience is the last post in a series that I have been writing the past couple of weeks. Technically, this should be Conscience Formation 104, but I chose the title […]
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