by Editor | Aug 26, 2024 | Salvation
Where do those who have traditionally been called infidels obtain the faith that St. Paul says is necessary to please God? The Body of Christ (not unlike human bodies) is active beyond its own physical self. From the Spirit of Christ, which animates the Church, it...
by Editor | Jul 25, 2024 | Children, Family
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. This is surely an unusual subject for today’s conference, “How to Keep Your Children Catholic.” The subject may be unusual, but it is desperately important. I would like to briefly address myself to three questions, expressed in three...
by Editor | Jun 25, 2024 | Penance
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The practice of penance is simply living out the virtue. Where the virtue is the divinely endowed power, the practice is our exercising this power. Of course, we still need grace to practice penance, but nobody is going to do it for us. We...
by Editor | May 25, 2024 | Virtue
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. In the spirit of the Gospel we have just read from St. Matthew and in the context of so much that our Savior has been teaching us we should reflect on the virtue of gentleness. As Isaiah foretold of the Savior, He will not break the bruised...
by Editor | Apr 28, 2024 | History, Parousia, Prophesy
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. For our closing mediation, following logically on all we have seen so far, it will be on the second coming of Christ. Much has already been seen in the week that we have been reflecting about Christ’s return to the world in His glory on the...