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The Triple Sacrament of the Eucharist
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Those who knew Pope John Paul II before his election to the papacy testify to his great personal devotion to the Eucharist. He would spend much time, we are told, before the Blessed Sacrament. And during his whirlwind pilgrimage for seven...
Christ the Miracle Worker in the Eucharist
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., S.T.D. During His visible stay on earth Christ performed countless miracles. He restored sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf and the use of their limbs to the paralyzed. The winds and sea obeyed Him. He told the dead Lazarus to come...
There Can Be No Chastity Without the Eucharist
The Eucharist and Chastityby Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our subject for tonight's conference is "The Eucharist and Chastity." It could just as well be, "The Necessity of the Eucharist for Chastity," or even, "There Can Be No Chastity Without the Eucharist." To...
Robert Bellarmine First Bishop to Petition for the Immaculate Conception
According to available evidence, Robert Bellarmine was the first bishop of the Catholic Church to have formally petitioned the Holy See for a definition of the Immaculate Conception. It was made while he was serving as cardinal member of the Congregation of the...
Mary’s Central Role in Catechetics
Mary’s Central Role in Catechetical Controversy by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are in general two kinds of religious programs in use in the Catholic schools and confraternity classes in the United States at the present time. They may conveniently be classed as...
The Divine Confirmation of the Message of Fatima
The Miracle of the Sun at Fatima by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The miracle of the sun at Fatima is more important than most people realize. It is, in fact, the divine confirmation of the message of Fatima. To appreciate its importance, we should ask ourselves three...
The Assumption of Our Lady
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin means that after Her life on earth, Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven. Unlike other saints, therefore, Our Lady is in Heaven not only with Her soul but also with Her glorified body. Pope Pius XII...
The Church is holy
Retreat on the Credo Faith in the Holy Catholic Church and the Communion of Saints by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The first eight articles of the Apostles' Creed are an expression of our faith in the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Their work of creation,...
St. Aloysius: Chosen as the universal patron of youth
Anyone who thinks that Jesuits are cut to a single mold, by now you can see we are very, very different. More than once I have made a statistic of the average life span of our canonized saints, Aloysius brings the age way down and we have a lot of young saints. The...
The Teaching of the Church on the Real Presence in the Sixteenth Century
A Eucharistic Retreat Meditation #4 The Teaching of the Church on the Real Presence in the Sixteenth Century by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is on the teaching of the Church on the Real Presence in the Sixteenth Century. It seems only reasonable to...