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 | Nov 25, 2020 | Education, Mariology, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. There are, in general, two kinds of religion programs in use in Catholic schools and Confraternity classes in the United States at the present time. They may conveniently be classified as experiential and doctrinal. In the experiential...
by Editor | Jul 25, 2020 | Devotions, Prayer, Teaching
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Our reflections are on the name of Jesus; its power in our lives. Whoever enters on the path of sanctity must keep his focus clear. What are we doing? Whom are we following? How are we to act? Why are we acting as we are? All of these...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2019 | Capital Punishment, Church Fathers, Civil Law, Scripture, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.JDated Nov. 19, 1995 It is remarkable what appeals to kindness and charity are made to repeal capital punishment. Two thousand years of the Church’s defense of capital punishment are brushed aside. Arguments are used to “prove” that capital...
by Editor | Nov 3, 2016 | Purgatory, Teaching
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. God created man that he might possess his Creator forever in the beatific vision. Those who die in the state of enmity toward God are deprived of this happiness. Between these extremes are people who are neither estranged from God nor...
