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...
by Editor | Aug 22, 2023 | Books, Shop, St. Joseph
Redemptoris Custos (Guardian of the Redeemer) is the title of an apostolic exhortation by Pope John Paul II on Saint Joseph. It discusses the importance of Saint Joseph in the Holy Family and presents the pope’s view of Saint Joseph’s role in the plan of...
by Editor | Aug 21, 2023 | Saints, St. Joseph
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. If there was one fact of our Christian faith which needs to be stressed today it is the need for a father in the family. At the center of the social revolution today is the attack on men, as husbands and fathers of families. Behind this...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2023 | Apologetics, Teaching, Truth
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J Not many years ago, it would have been a strange title for a lecture to ask, “What makes Catholic materials really Catholic?” The reason is obvious. Catholics were Catholics. They were not Protestants, or Mormons, or Jehovah’s Witnesses. But...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2023 | Devotions
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Most of us know that Devotion to the Sacred Heart is part of our Catholic religion. We have known from childhood about the nine first Fridays. We often recite the Litany of the Sacred Heart. Annually we celebrate the solemn feast of the...
