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Book: A Eucharistic Retreat
We know adoration is due to God alone because He alone is worthy of veneration as the source and destiny of our being. We have also seen that since God became man in the Person of Jesus Christ, our adoration of Jesus is really the adoration of God in human form. Since...
Christ to Catholicism: The Church as a Visible Body
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY Chapter VI. The Church as a Visible Body by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Before entering on a dogmatic examination of the Mystical Body, it is well to recall that the Church has given us the analytical principle by...
The Eucharist: The Bread of Eternal Life
By Msgr. Raffaelo Martinelli. Originally published in Italy by the same publisher as the best-selling The Eucharistic Miracles of the World and Little Catechism on the Eucharist. Gloriously illustrated with many colorful icon-style paintings. It is a...
Mass: The Sacrifice Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The purpose of our present meditation is to explain how the Mass is the sacrifice sacrament of the Eucharist. Again, we will draw on the church’s teaching on the Mass, especially focusing on definitions from the Council of Trent in the...
Book: The Catholic Catechism
"This volume is intended to meet a widely felt need for an up-to-date and concise source book on the principal teachings of the Catholic Church. Since the close of the Second Vatican Council, there has been such an accumulation of ecclesiastical constitutions and...
Christ to Catholicism: Definition of the Catholic Church
Christ to Catholicism PART TWO: DOGMATIC ECCLESIOLOGY Chapter V. Definition of the Catholic Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Up to this point, our study of the Catholic Church has been primarily historical and apologetic. We examined the Church from the early...
Book: Catechism on The Splendor of Truth
This brief catechism (as Father Hardon reveals to us) is meant to synthesize the teaching of Pope John Paul II’s historic document, Veritas Splendor, on the relation of the Christian faith and Christian morality. Faith identifies what we're to believe with our...
Christ to Catholicism: Recognizing the True Church
<< Chapter III Table of Contents Chapter V >> Christ to Catholicism PART ONE: APOLOGETIC FOUNDATIONS IV. Recognizing the True Church by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are two basic positions in the medley of world religions outside the Catholic Church. One...
Book: A Prophet for the Priesthood
Written with true piety and erudition, this 173-page book by Father John A. Hardon cuts to the heart of the trials facing the Church today by retelling the life story of Father Gerald Fitzgerald. Fr. Gerald was a man who clearly understood the Holy Church's teaching...
Christ to Catholicism: Tradition of the Roman Primacy
<< Chapter II Table of Contents Chapter IV >> Christ to Catholicism Part One: Apologetic Foundations Chapter III. Tradition of the Roman Primacy by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Among the criticisms of the Catholic Church in modern times, perhaps the most...