“Daddy, what bead are we on?” is a question I am asked frequently by my two oldest sons during our nighttime rosary. It is a question that at first perturbed me, but […]
Catholic Vote: A Reliable News Source for Catholics
Over the years, many friends have asked me where I normally get my news. For many years, I often watched and read Fox News, but they are not the same anymore. There […]
Pope Francis reads TomPerna.org
After years of embracing unorthodox Jesuit theology, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, known as Pope Francis, stated in a closed meeting, where he was the only one present, that he reads TomPerna.org for sound […]
You might binge-listen this podcast…I know I did!
Last August, as I began working on my contract position from home, I started researching podcasts I could listen to as I did my work. I stumbled upon an engaging and catechetical […]
Regina Cigars
There are Blessings in the Potholes of Life
After enduring unemployment for nine months in 2020, I am in the same situation again. On June 1, my former employer and I parted ways. It was not my choice. For the […]
A Morning With The Maronite Monks Of Adoration
On Sunday, May 7, while on vacation with my family in Massachusetts, we decided to go to Mass at Most Holy Trinity Monastery, home to the Maronite Monks of Adoration. We were […]
12 Quotes from the Saints on the Holy Eucharist
Today, in the Western lung of the Catholic Church, we celebrate the great Solemnity of Corpus Christi – the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. We commemorate the great sacrament of the […]
Regina Cigars for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is quickly approaching. If you have a dad, a husband, a grandfather, or a son, that will celebrate this day and they are into smoking cigars, I would encourage you […]
June – The Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
As Catholics, we are called not to follow and embrace the culture of our time, but we must always strive to be counter-cultural. When we are faced with opposition that seems too […]
The Road to Emmaus will lead you to study the Sacred Scriptures
Last Sunday, we heard the third Resurrection account for this Easter season from Luke 24:13-25, famously known as The Road to Emmaus. Out of the many scriptures that I love to read, […]
The Book That Still Makes Me Pump My Fist In The Air
It was the spring semester of 2009, and I was in graduate school at Franciscan University of Steubenville, enrolled in Theological Foundations with Dr. Scott Hahn. One of the texts for the course we were […]
The Regina Caeli: An Easter Prayer to Our Lady
Now that we have entered the Easter Season, the Regina Caeli is one of the four antiphons that can be chanted (or recited) to the Blessed Virgin Mary. This prayer is said […]
My first article on Catholic365.com
It’s been just over 5 months since I have written anything on my website/blog. There are a lot of reasons why that’s been the case – the main reason is that I […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: “I Believe in Life Everlasting”
Over the last two days, the Catholic Church celebrated two major feasts in her liturgical calendar – The Solemnity of All Saints and The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, commonly known […]
Real Catholic Man Podcast with Ryan Ayala
For those of you who have been following my blog and website, you are aware that for many years, and still today, when I have time, I write about Our Lady through […]
Roe v. Wade…OVERTURNED!!
Our prayers have been answered!!! One of the most destructive laws in the history of the United States of America is no more!! It comes on the Feast of the Most Sacred […]