Prayer

Father Hardon’s writings on prayer explore the heart of the Christian spiritual life and the soul’s relationship with God. These articles examine meditation, contemplation, devotion, perseverance in prayer, and the role of prayer in growing in holiness and grace.

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Sorrowful Mysteries – Christ’s Agony in the Garden

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. He Became Man to Suffer for Our Salvation With the present conference we begin the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, and the first, of course, is Christ’s Agony in the Garden. We begin by observing that there is a profound sense in which Christ began to suffer for the […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Sorrowful Mysteries – The Scourging of Christ at the Pillar

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present conference is on the second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, namely the Scourging of Christ at the Pillar. Not unlike the first mystery, so here the Scourging of Our Lord at the Pillar is covered by all four Evangelists. It might be worth our while […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Sorrowful Mysteries – Crowning with Thorns

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is on the third Sorrowful Mystery, Our Lord’s Crowning with Thorns. All the events we have indicates that Christ’s crowning with thorns during His Passion was not part of either Pilate’s legal punishment of Jesus nor, it seems, of the Jews demands for the Savior’s humiliation. […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Sorrowful Mysteries – The Carrying of the Cross

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is on the Fourth Sorrowful Mystery, Christ’s carrying His Cross to Calvary. This mystery of the Rosary identifies the most important single journey in the history of the human race. It is nothing less we believe than the journey of the Son of God become Man […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Sorrowful Mysteries – The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Mary’s Role in the Crucifixion of Her Son Our present meditation is on the last, the Fifth Sorrowful Mystery, the Crucifixion of Christ. You may legitimately say that the Fifth Sorrowful Mystery is the pivotal mystery of Christianity on which all the other mysteries of our Faith depend. Everything […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Glorious Mysteries – The Resurrection of Jesus

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. We are now beginning the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary and the first, Our Lord’s Resurrection from the Dead. Seeing how much our Faith depends on Christ’s Resurrection, it seems worthwhile subdividing our reflections in this fundamental mystery. Christ’s Resurrection, we must say, is not only the First Glorious […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Glorious Mysteries – The Ascension

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation and reflection is on the Second Glorious Mystery, the Ascension of Our Lord from earth to Heaven. With this, the Second Glorious Mystery, we complete our reflections on Christ’s sensibly perceptible stay on earth. When God became Man He began His earthly and, I qualify, sensibly […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Glorious Mysteries – The Descent of the Holy Spirit

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The present meditation is on the Third Glorious Mystery of the Rosary, the Descent of the Holy Spirit. First, by the way of a fairly long introduction. The Third Glorious Mystery, is in its way, is the consummation of all the other Mysteries of the Rosary before what began […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Glorious Mysteries – The Assumption of Our Lady

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our present meditation is on the Fourth Glorious Mystery, the Assumption of Our Lady. As we all know the dogma of Mary’s Assumption was defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950. There are so many aspects of this Mystery that we could meditate on. I thought I […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Glorious Mysteries – The Coronation of Our Lady

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our closing conference is on the Fifth Glorious Mystery, the Coronation of Our Lady, implied, Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and of earth. All Mariologists in commenting on the Rosary say this closing Mystery is a summary of all the Marian Mysteries of the Catholic Church. If […]

Our Lady of the Rosary – Marian Retreat: Resolutions in a Marian Retreat

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Final Purpose of a Retreat We’ve covered the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary: you might be wondering, I wonder what’s coming next? Our subject for this evening’s conference is on Resolutions in a Marian Retreat. As we come to the close of our spiritual exercises, we had better […]

For Jesuits: Contents

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Editor Loyola University PressChicago Copyright © 1963 Loyola University Press Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: HOLY IS THE LORD CHAPTER 2: SPIRIT OF THE LORD CHAPTER 3: CONSECRATED TO THE LORD CHAPTER 4: LIFE IN THE LORD CHAPTER 5: SERVICE OF THE LORD CHAPTER […]

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