by Editor | Jan 25, 2024 | Papacy, Spirituality
,by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Until recent years, we would hardly have written on a subject like “The Roman Primacy and the Spiritual Life.” But much has happened to call for some inquiry into the relationship between faith in the papal primacy and growth in the...
by Editor | Dec 18, 2023 | Christmas, Martyrdom, Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. It is remarkable that the day after Christmas we should be celebrating the feast of a martyr. The custom goes back to the very early Church. It seems that in her wisdom, the Church wanted to make sure that we associated Christ with...
by Editor | Nov 23, 2023 | Trinity
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The mystery of the Holy Trinity is the most fundamental of our faith. On it everything else depends and from it everything else derives. Hence the Church’s constant concern to safeguard the revealed truth that God is One in nature and Three...
by Editor | Oct 24, 2023 | Catechesis, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. I have been asked to speak on the deposit of faith and the Catechism. I would like to somewhat refine the subject by speaking on The Catechism of the Catholic Church as the basis for heroically Living the Divine Faith. You notice what I...
by Editor | Sep 24, 2023 | Beatitudes, Commandments
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is on the beatitudes: the New Testament Decalogue. In the history of Christian spirituality, the eight beatitudes have been regularly associated with the Ten Commandments. Saints and scholars have analyzed the...
