by Editor | Sep 25, 2020 | Holiness, Saints
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Two years before her death, Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face wrote to her aunt, Isidore Guerin: I love to read the lives of the saints very much. The account of their heroic deeds inflames my courage and spurs me on to...
by Editor | May 24, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Hierarchy, Holiness, Priesthood
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. It may seem a bit strange that all the major exhortations of the modern Popes to priests stress the importance of the virtues of humility and obedience, with no exception. On second thought, however, it is not unexpected. You would expect...
by Editor | Oct 31, 2019 | Holiness, Mass, Penance, Prayer, Purgatory
A homily by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. ========== Today is the feast of All Souls. It comes on the day after All Saints. Between these two feast days, we remember all the members of the Mystical Body of Christ: the Church Triumphant in heaven, the Church Militant on...
by Editor | Apr 30, 2018 | God, Holiness
The Divine Attributes Retreat The Attributes of God The Holiness of God by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. I doubt if too many years ago a conference on holiness, except perhaps to a cloistered community of religious, would have been, I don’t say appreciated, but even...
by Editor | Jul 13, 2015 | Holiness, Morality, Penance, Sin
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The following is the class discussion that followed from Fr. Hardon’s biographical sketch of Saint Catherine of Siena. Just a few notes: you should all have received a quiz on Catherine of Siena. You don’t have to read much of...
