by Editor | Dec 30, 2014 | Incarnation, Mission
by John A. Hardon, S.J. The Imitation of Christ is more than the title of a book. It is a principle for those who believe in the Incarnation to use in every aspect of the Christian life, including the missionary enterprise. Among the problems vexing modern Missiology...
by Editor | Dec 28, 2014 | Articles
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J The title of our present meditation is certainly strange. In fact, it is really two titles wrapped in one. Both parts of the title are contrasts. The first is between the Holy Mass and the innocents who were killed by King Herod. The second...
by Editor | Dec 27, 2014 | Saints, Scripture
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. St. John’s Gospel is unique. Not only does it contain many events and discourses not present in the Synoptics, but its whole approach to Christ is decisively different. John the Evangelist was certainly familiar with the first three...
by Editor | Dec 26, 2014 | Christmas, Martyrdom, Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. It is remarkable that the day after Christmas we should be celebrating the feast of a martyr. The custom goes back to the very early Church. It seems that in her wisdom, the Church wanted to make sure that we associated Christ with...
by Editor | Dec 25, 2014 | Articles, Christmas, Saints
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...
