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Mary is the Mother of Vocations
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 11: Mary, Mother of Vocations When Mary told the angel at the Annunciation, "Behold, I am the Handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word" (Lk 1:38), she became the patroness of every priest and...
Why does the world need priests and religious?
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 10: Religious Education and Vocations Vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life depend on good religious education just as the harvest depends on a good soil. Vocations prosper when religious education in...
Jesus appeared to the Mary after the Resurrection
by Fr. John Hardon, S.J. Our Lady, the First Witness It is not only a pious opinion that the Risen Savior first appeared to His Mother Mary on Easter Sunday. No less than six Doctors of the Church, including SS. Ambrose, Anselm and Albert the Great held that Our Lady...
Confession is the masterpiece of God’s goodness
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 9: Confession and Vocations The sacrament of confession is closely related to priestly and religious vocations. It is not too much to say, in most cases, that the sacrament of penance is a condition for recognizing,...
Our Lord’s resurrection is a fact of recorded history
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Conference by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Jesus appeared to His mother first, the Fathers of the Church tell us, to Mary Magdalen, then to the holy women, next to Peter, to the disciples of Emmaus, then through barred doors, to the...
A gift of God to the Church: The Catechism of the Catholic Church
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The supreme Shepherd of the whole Church refers to the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a “singular gift of Providence.” The very reason for the existence of the Church, to evangelize, to teach. “Teach them to carry out everything that I...
The Annunciation: The culmination of human history
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is on: The Annunciation. It is the same Gabriel that announced to Zachary that Elizabeth, in her old age, would conceive and bear a son. Given the magnitude of this great mystery of the Annunciation, I thought we...
Every vocation is born of sacrifice
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 8: Sacrifice and Vocations Every vocation is born of sacrifice, is maintained by sacrifice and is measured in the apostolate by the sacrifice of those whom God calls to the priesthood or the consecrated life. This...
There are many ways that Christ can be imitated
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Societies, like individuals, have distinct personalities. Or, more accurately, societies, no less than individuals, are as effective as they are distinctive, contributing their unique share to the welfare of mankind under the Providence of...
Prayer animated by the cheerful acceptance of the Cross
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Come & See Chapter 7: Suffering and Vocations When did Christ redeem the world? When He died on Good Friday. How did Christ redeem the world? By His Passion and Death on Calvary. Why do we make the Sign of the Cross? To remind ourselves...