Prayer

Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Conference by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Will it be our will or God’s will? On judgment day this will be the story of our lives, this will determine our destiny. But let Father Hardon, through this meditation, open the doors of our mind and move our heart to realize […]

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Many people have never heard about mental prayer and among those who have, many could not explain what it is; and among those who could accurately describe mental prayer not all could put it into practice. Even among those who practice mental prayer not all of them, I am […]

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. When the apostles asked our Lord to teach them how to pray He gave them what has since come to be known as the Lord’s Prayer. In teaching them Christ was teaching us, and He taught us many things. My plan is not to give a commentary on the […]

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. (Transcription) We are reflecting on the subject of prayer. And we have so far seen the meaning of prayer, where what we said was mainly directed to the mind, which answers to the question of “what something is.” But we know that prayer is not something that we merely […]

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. (Transcription) Our present conference, the first of two, will be on prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. As we come to the end of our series of conferences on the priestly spirituality of Father Gerald, we approach what I consider the heart of his distinctive spirituality. For Father the soul […]