by Editor | Apr 24, 2020 | Holy Spirit
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We speak of the Holy Spirit in many different ways: as Love, as Gift, as the Paraclete, as the Advocate. All of these titles are biblical and identify some of the profound attributes of the Spirit promised by Christ before his Ascension...
by Editor | Mar 31, 2020 | Penance, Sacraments, Scripture, Vatican II
The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick was already implied in Christ’s first mission to the twelve apostles. “So they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them” (Mark 6:13). Some time during His...
by Editor | Feb 29, 2020 | Education, Faith and Reason, God, History
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Definitions and Etymology Theology, literally “the science of God,” is derived from the Greek Theos (God) and logos (study). The term was used by the Stoics in the third century B.C. to describe a reasoned analysis of the deity. Earlier...
by Editor | Jan 31, 2020 | Abortion, Grace, Mass, Mercy
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Abortion is the ultimate crime. Other crimes can be perpetuated for some profit or gain. But there is no gain in abortion, except a lifetime of pathetic quiet. Other crimes can be provided by some deadly passion, like lust, or anger or...
by Editor | Dec 30, 2019 | America, Apostolate, Conversion, Evangelization, Prayer, Saints
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen – Author, Orator and Missionary by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. During the Tre Ore sermon which he preached on Good Friday some years ago, Fulton J. Sheen asked his audience: “If Jesus Christ thirsted for souls, must not a Christian...
