By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. If there is one mystery of our Faith that is being widely challenged today it is the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Pope John Paul II is deeply concerned about this weakening of belief in the cardinal truth of Catholic Christianity.For the first time in history […]
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By Fr. P.J. McHughPastor, Nativity Parish Religion becomes real when God becomes Someone whereas up until then God, and all that relates to Him has been SomeThing: a ritual . . . a code . . . an ideology . . . a program, a cultural projection – SomeThing. A parish becomes real when it […]
PERHAPS MANY still ask that question. To it there is basically only one answer: Jesus Christ, the God-Man, is present…. He is present in that special Eucharistic manner of transubstantiation in which the very substance of the bread and wine are changed into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. St. Thomas taught that the […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The Closing Conference of a Retreat We are first told to pray continually. The first time we meet this injunction of Christ is in the Gospel of St. Luke. Luke, by the way, is the evangelist of the Holy Spirit. The Savior is described by St. Luke as telling […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We reserve our meditation on the Real Presence after reflecting on the Mass and Holy Communion. Yet the Real Presence is logically prior to the Eucharist as Sacrifice and Communion. The reason is obvious. Christ must first be really present on earth in the Eucharist, before we can intelligently […]
By David Pearson Mal“How many there are who still say,‘I want to see his shape, his image, his clothing, his sandals.’Behold, you do see him, you touch him, you eat him!He gives himself to you not just to be seen,but to be touched, to be eaten, to be received within.”St. John Chrysostom (347-407) While conducting […]
The following are excerpts taken from the talk that Pope John Paul II gave at Phoenix Park during his historic three-day visit to Ireland, from September 29 to October 1, 1979. From the Upper Room in Jerusalem, from the Last Supper, in a certain sense, the Eucharist writes the history of human hearts and of […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The present title of our meditation can be shortened and simplified. It should read, “Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and the Catholic Prolife Movement.” We have already spoken at length and in detail about the Holy Eucharist. Our focus has been to bring out the role of the Holy […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Christianity is unique among the religions of the world in giving a rational and adequate explanation of suffering. In fact, it goes beyond giving a strong motive for suffering, this motive being the fact that God became man in the person of Jesus Christ. Those who love Christ are […]