By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. We know adoration is due to God alone because He alone is worthy of veneration as the source and destiny of our being. We have also seen that since God became man in the Person of Jesus Christ, our adoration of Jesus is really the adoration of God in […]
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By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. 1. The Real Presence The center of the whole Catholic liturgy is the Eucharist. The Eucharist is most important in the life of the Church because it is Jesus Christ. It is the incarnation continued in space and time. The other sacraments and all the Church’s ministries and apostolates are […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. …104. Against what does Pope Paul VI especially warn the bishops? He warns them to be perfectly loyal to the teaching of Christ on the Real Presence and to promote tirelessly the worship of Jesus Christ who is living among us in the Blessed Sacrament. (MF 75) 105. What […]
By Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Mystery of Faith Encyclical Letter by Pope Paul VIMYSTERIUM FIDEI, September 3, 1965MYSTERY OF FAITHSolemnly Promulgated by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI On the doctrine and worship of the Holy Eucharist. 1. The Catholic Church has always devoutly guarded as a most precious treasure the mystery of faith, that is […]
By John A. Hardon, S.J. Most Catholics take for granted the intimate relationship between the Eucharist and the Sacred Heart. They have come to associate the practice of the nine First Fridays, when Holy Communion is received, with the promises of our Savior to St. Margaret Mary for the grace of a happy death. They […]
by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. The worship and custody of the Holy Eucharist, independently of Mass and Holy Communion, can be traced to post-apostolic times. St. Justin, writing in his Apology around the year 150, says that deacons were appointed to carry the Blessed Sacrament to those who were absent from the liturgy. The […]
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 […]
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 […]