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...
by Editor | Nov 30, 2019 | Conversion, Education, Evangelization, Evil, Faith and Reason, Papacy
On Pope John Paul II’s Tenth Anniversary A Meditation by Father John Hardon, S.J. The Holy Father Pope John Paul II celebrated the tenth anniversary [16 October 1988] of his pontificate last month. To mark the occasion, our contributing editor, Father John Hardon has...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Holiness, Mass, Penance, Prayer, Purgatory
A homily by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. ========== Today is the feast of All Souls. It comes on the day after All Saints. Between these two feast days, we remember all the members of the Mystical Body of Christ: the Church Triumphant in heaven, the Church Militant on...
by Editor | Sep 28, 2019 | Mariology, Saints
Devotion of St. Thérèse of Lisieux to the Blessed Virgin Mary by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. A new stage is developing in the devotion of the faithful to St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In 1947, the fiftieth anniversary of her death, a congress of theologians was held in Paris...
