by Editor | Sep 14, 2015 | Angels, Course on Grace, Grace
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Part One : Chapter III :: Grace to the Angels We might ask many questions about the angels. Did all angels have grace? Did they have these “big” graces we have mentioned? Which graces do the angels in heaven have now? This last question is...
by Editor | Aug 15, 2015 | Assumption, Mariology
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin means that after Her life on earth, Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven. Unlike other saints, therefore, Our Lady is in Heaven not only with Her soul but also with Her glorified body. Pope Pius XII...
by Editor | Aug 8, 2015 | Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We will take an analysis and a rundown of ten of the outstanding statements in the Dominican tradition given by St. Thomas Aquinas, who was on the scene early in the Dominican Order and whose writings have influenced the whole Church ever...
by Editor | Aug 6, 2015 | Suffering
Christ made sure he was transfigured before his passion, so that the disciples… you remember who were the three disciples, Peter, James and John; the same three, remember, who later on fell asleep on him in Gethsemane…. to prepare them for his passion. In other words,...
by Editor | Aug 3, 2015 | Course on Grace
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Part One : Chapter II :: What is Grace? If we were to single out one word with which to start our definition of grace, what would it be? Gift. Grace is a free gift, a supernatural gift of God to rational creatures to help them attain the...
