By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The popular understanding of prayer as asking for God’s help is correct. Most of the prayers in the Scriptures are petitions. Most of the prayers of the liturgy are the same. Even the acts of adoration or love are always implicit petitions. Why is this so? Why do we […]
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By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. I know that numerous popular devotions held in church before the Blessed Sacrament have been swept away as by a tornado. I know that in the laudable effort to highlight the Eucharistic Liturgy and therefore emphasize the altar, the tabernacle has been almost put out of sight, hidden away, […]
By Thomas A. Kempis …For You, O Lord, my God! Are the best above all things; You alone most high; You alone most powerful; You alone sufficient; You alone most sweet and most delightful.You alone the most beautiful and the most loving; You alone the most noble and the most glorious above all things; in […]
By Fr. Louis Guardiola, C.P.M. Lesson 1: The Introduction Begin with the manual’s conclusion by citing the history of The Eucharistic Crusade, showing it’s support and approval by several Popes. Give a brief preview of the four sections of the manual and their connection to each other. The beginning sentences of each section will guide […]
By George Cardinal Francis When a person spends an hour before the Blessed Sacrament, that hour of precious time is absorbed into eternity. Time given to the Lord becomes eternity. For the person who habitually makes a holy hour before the tabernacle, is no longer absorbed with the things of this world. His heart is […]
By Fr. Louis Guardiola, C.P.M. Introduction This Manual is a twenty-first century adaptation of the Society of Jesus’ Eucharistic Crusade manual of the twentieth century. The following reflections will follow the twenty centuries of teachings, definitions and traditions of our Catholic faith. This manual is designed to be used and adapted for Catholic grade schools, […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. It is always risky to use superlatives. And most risky when, as here, the superlative applies to the whole world. What are we saying when we say that the greatest need in the world today is to form the Eucharistic faith and love of children. What do we mean? We mean […]
By Father John. A Hardon, S.J. INTRODUCTION The phenomenal growth of devotion to the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist has puzzled not a few sincere people. Nocturnal Adoration societies, Perpetual Adoration groups, national associations of the faithful promoting organized visits to the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Hours before the tabernacle, monthly, weekly and […]
Father Gerald had a keen awareness, bordering on mystical experience, of Christ’s abiding presence in the Holy Eucharist. When he drafted the Rule of Life for the Paracletes, he directed that they spend, “A personal Holy Hour daily, spent whenever this is possible in a chapel where Our Blessed Lord is present eucharistically. This is […]