It is Monday, December 21, 2020 – I am writing this post sitting on the couch in our hotel room in Bismarck, North Dakota just before 7 AM CST. My wife and […]
“Mondays with Mary” – A Christmas Carol by G. K. Chesterton
Merry Christmas!
“On this night, the ancient yet ever new proclamation of the Lord’s birth rings out. It rings out for those keeping watch, like the shepherds in Bethlehem two thousand years ago; it […]
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 […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 12 Means of Honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary in Her Childhood
Today in the Catholic Church, we commemorate the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A glorious day that focuses on the birth of the immaculate woman who would conceive and bear the […]
The 20th Anniversary of the Year of the Family
Today in the western lung of the Catholic Church, we celebrate the great feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. On this day, we seek to understand the unconditional […]
Merry Christmas from Tom Perna
O God, who have made this most sacred night radiant with the splendor of the true light, grant, we pray, that we, who have known the mysteries of his light on earth, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the New Testament, Part 1
Recently I gave a talk at a parish here in the Phoenix Metropolitan area that focused on the Person of the Jesus Christ. One of the points I made is that the […]
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 […]
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