by Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Council of Trent, Eucharist, Mass, Prayer, Sacraments, Teaching, Vatican II
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...
by Editor | Aug 25, 2020 | Baptism, Sacraments
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. As we begin our conferences on the seven sacraments, our plan is to introduce each conference with some of the modern misunderstandings on each sacrament. I say misunderstandings. But they could better be called blatant errors that we used...
by Editor | Mar 31, 2020 | Penance, Sacraments, Scripture, Vatican II
The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick was already implied in Christ’s first mission to the twelve apostles. “So they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them” (Mark 6:13). Some time during His...
by Editor | Apr 19, 2019 | Easter, Eucharist, Sacraments
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We do not usually associate Easter and the Holy Eucharist. But we should. Our faith tells us that God became man in order that, by His death on the Cross, He might redeem the world. But this same faith tells us that, when Christ died on...
by Editor | Mar 16, 2019 | Eucharist, Sacraments
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...
