by Editor | Apr 29, 2023 | Virtue
The Virtue of Confidence by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J I suggest that we reflect on the virtue of confidence. I doubt if there is any single disposition of soul that we need especially in our day more than confidence. The reason is not far to seek. See there is so much...
by Editor | Mar 27, 2023 | Papacy
How to Be a Loyal Catholic Today? By Being Loyal to the Bishop of Rome by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Not too many years ago this would have been a strange title for a lecture, “How to Be a Loyal Catholic Today.” The reason is obvious. Catholics were Catholics. They were...
by Editor | Feb 27, 2023 | Church Fathers, Council of Nicaea, Doctrine, Heresy, Holy Spirit, Incarnation, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Arianism, a fourth-century heresy which denied the divinity of Jesus Christ. Its author was Arius (256-336), a priest of Alexandria, who in 318 began to teach the doctrine which now bears his name. According to Arius there are not three...
by Editor | Jan 27, 2023 | Scripture, Spirituality
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. For the opening conference of our retreat, I thought I should explain what our retreat will be all about. I am calling it a Scriptural Retreat or the Spiritual Life in the Bible. In our opening conference I would like to briefly explain...
by Editor | Dec 24, 2022 | Christmas
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. In the three hundred and fifty years since Peter Canisius died at Fribourg in Switzerland on December 21, 1597, his name has become synonymous with the Counter-Reformation of the Church in German-speaking Europe. He has been variously...