Eucharist

Father Hardon’s writings on the Eucharist explore the central mystery of the Catholic faith and the Real Presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. These articles examine Holy Communion, the Mass, Eucharistic devotion, adoration, sacrifice, and the spiritual power of the Eucharist in Christian life.

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #11

Meditation #11 Why Did Christ Institute the Holy Eucharist as His Bodily Presence on Earth? By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. In earlier meditations, we have asked ourselves, “What do we believe when we say we believe in the Real Presence?” Our focus in the first phase of our retreat was on understanding the essential […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #12

The Real Presence: Manifestation of Christ’s Attributesof Wisdom, Power, Love and Mercy By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We now begin our reflections on why Christ instituted the Eucharist as His bodily presence on earth. In this meditation, we will see that Christ did so in order to manifest His divine attributes of wisdom, power, […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #13

The Real Presence as Communication of Grace By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We have been asking, “Why did Christ institute the Eucharist as the Real Presence? In this meditation, we will look at how Christ gave us the Real Presence as a communication of His grace. The most powerful source of Christ’s grace comes […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #14

The Real Presence: Profession of Faith By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. In the last three meditations, we have been asking ourselves why Christ instituted the Real Presence of the Holy Eucharist. So far, we have considered how Christ, through the Real Presence, (1) communicates His graces to those who come to Him in the […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #15

The Real Presence: Profession of Hope By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We continue our reflections on why Christ instituted the Real Presence. In this meditation, we will consider the fact that Christ gave us the Real Presence so we might profess our hope in Him as our final destiny. What is Divine Hope? Just […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #16

The Real Presence: Profession of Love By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. “Why did Christ institute His Real Presence in the Eucharist?” For our profession of faith, hope and love. This meditation will focus on our profession of love. What is Divine Love? Surely, no single monosyllable is more common in the literature of the […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #17

The Real Presence: Imitation of Christ By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Imitation of Christ: This is the final area of reflection on why Christ instituted the Real Presence. We have already seen that He gave us the Blessed Sacrament to communicate His graces to us and to give us the opportunity of professing to […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #18

Imitation of Christ in the Real Presence in His Humility By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. After having seen something of the rule of the Real Presence and the pattern for our imitation of Jesus Christ, we are now in the position to look at three of Christ’s virtues which we are invited to imitate […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #19

Imitation of Christ in the Real Presence in His Poverty By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Imitating Christ’s poverty is an open contradiction to the philosophy of the world. This world loves wealth. In affluent countries of the Western world, poverty is considered a curse, and poor people are despised. We pity the poor. On […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #20

Imitating Christ’s Charity in the Real Presence By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. In this Eucharistic Retreat, we have already reflected on the love of Christ in the Real Presence from two perspectives: the manifestation of Christ’s divine love in instituting the Blessed Sacrament and the profession of our love for Him in our adoration […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #21

The Need to Understand the Church’s Teaching on the Holy Eucharist By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. If there is one thing that will be clear from our Eucharistic Retreat, it will be that we are to live what we believe. Throughout these meditations we have been learning how we are to practice our faith […]

A Eucharistic Retreat – Meditation #22

How the Holy Eucharist is a Triple Sacrament By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. As we near the close of this retreat, we are focusing on the Eucharistic apostolate. And we know we cannot be apostles of the Eucharist until we ourselves understand the Church’s teaching on the Holy Eucharist. This meditation will help deepen […]

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