by Editor | Feb 4, 2015 | Marriage, Sacraments
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We might begin by saying that this is the most fundamental truth of our faith in Christian marriage and the family. What is it? That, unlike all other marriages either before the coming of Christ or now in the world, two baptized people...
by Editor | Feb 2, 2015 | Articles, Catechesis, Pro-Life
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Twentieth century is the most homicidal in the history of the human race. Its principal claim to this tragic title is the widespread legislation of abortion on a scale and with a violence unknown in all the ages of mankind. Not...
by Editor | Jan 31, 2015 | Papacy
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are certain events in the Gospels that synthesize what a Catholic is supposed to be. These events are at once both mysteries and challenges. They are mysteries because, though revealed, we cannot fully understand them. That, by the...
by Editor | Jan 28, 2015 | Saints, Virtue
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Until modern times the relationship of morals to religion was taken for granted, and writers as far different in philosophy as Plato and Avicenna, or in theology as Aquinas and Luther, never questioned the basic truth expressed on Mt. Sinai...
by Editor | Jan 26, 2015 | Vocations, Year of Consecrated Life
Come & See Chapter Two: What Is a Religious Vocation? A vocation to the religious/consecrated life is a special grace that God gives to certain persons, calling them to a life of the evangelical counsels. There is more than passing value in stressing the fact that...
