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...
by Editor | Jul 31, 2015 | Jesuits, Saints, Spirituality
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The plan, then, is that we will reflect on some of the outstanding saints of the Society of Jesus, see some of their spirituality and see what we can learn from both their sanctity and their zeal for souls. The logical one to begin with is...
by Editor | Jul 29, 2015 | Course on Grace
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J Part One: Grace Considered Extensively. Chapter I: Why Grace? Why do we have sacraments? To give us grace. But is grace the ultimate, the “end of the line?” Is it an end in itself, a gift of God which we are simply to have, a treasure just...
