I would like to extend a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from my family to yours. I hope that this Christmas season has been a joyful one. I also pray […]
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and the Epiphany House Blesssing
December 2 – The Incarnation of Our Lord was a Most Suitable Remedy
That sacred union of the Divine nature with the human nature was most suitably ordained for man’s salvation, for even though another way was possible for God, still nothing was so fitting […]
December 1 – The Necessity of the Incarnation to Satisfy Sufficiently for Sin
Satisfaction may be said to be sufficient in two ways – first, perfectly, inasmuch as it is condign, being adequate to make good the fault committed, and in this way the satisfaction […]
November 30 – The Necessity of the Incarnation
It was not only necessary that God should become Incarnate for our good, but also for our removal from evil. First, man is taught by it not to prefer the devil […]
November 29 – The Necessity of the Incarnation
A thing is said to be necessary for a certain end in two ways. First, when the end cannot be without it, as food is necessary for the preservation of human life. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary is both Theotokos and Mother of God
Since this coming Friday is the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, I wanted share with you the seven blog posts that I have written over the past […]
“Mondays with Mary” – St. Ambrose of Milan and Western Marian Doctrine
Since today is the feast of Saint Ambrose, Patron of the Veneration of Mary, I thought it was a good day to share with you some of St. Ambrose’s writings when it […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Son of God Became Man – The Incarnation
Last night, at the parish, during the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA), our Pastor, Fr. Will Schmid taught on The Incarnation of Jesus Christ – True God and True Man. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Thought of St. Hilary of Poitiers
Since tomorrow is the feast day of St. Hilary of Poitiers – The Athanasius of the West, I found it fitting to explain his Marian Thought as well as to provide you […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Christmas Mystery
After four weeks of preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ through the season of Advent, we have arrived at Christmas. It’s during this season (not just one day as the secular […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: The Preparations of the Christmas Mystery
We are only nine days away now from the Christmas Mystery – the birth of Emmanuel, the coming of the Christ in the Incarnation. At Christmas, we celebrate with great amounts of […]
TOM PERNA 