by Editor | May 6, 2015 | Mariology
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Pope John Paul’s devotion to the Blessed Virgin is so deep and pronounced that it is not surprising that she finds a place of honor in almost everything he says and writes. In Poland, at the shrine of Our Lady of Jasna Gora, he...
by Editor | Apr 3, 2015 | Mariology, 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...
by Editor | Mar 25, 2015 | Angelology, Incarnation, Mariology
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...
by Editor | Dec 31, 2014 | Articles, Incarnation, Mariology
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. In the nature of things, our treatment will be theological, and we will have to resort to certain facts of history and statements of doctrine that are somewhat technical. There are three basic errors which occasioned the Church’s defining...
