Sacraments

Father Hardon’s writings on the sacraments explore the channels of grace instituted by Christ for the sanctification of souls. These articles examine Baptism, the Eucharist, Confession, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Anointing of the Sick, and the spiritual life nourished through the sacraments.

Class for Children – Baptism and Confession

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Class for Children Montini High School Chicago, Illinois September 20, 1985 Baptism and Confession You may wonder why I came here to speak to you. Well, for about 10 years now, I have been teaching, coming in usually two weekends a month to teach in Chicago. I am member […]

The Holy Eucharist as Sacrifice Sacrament

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Holy Communion, body blood soul and Divinity of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Sacrament of confession, these are but a few of the words and phrases once on the tongue of every professed Catholic. Now ignored in far too many pulpits, and […]

Sacrament of Matrimony

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. “The Seven Sacraments Retreat” March 2nd through 4th., 1990 In Cleveland, Ohio TAPE: SEVEN Our present conference is on the Sacrament of Marriage. There are two names by which the Church refers to this sacrament – either marriage or matrimony. Most popularly when we refer to this sacrament it […]

Sacramental Life Assures Eternal Life

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. The most important word we have to explain in the title of this conference on “Sacramental Life Assures Eternal Life” is the word life. We cannot begin to talk about the sacraments unless we first understand that there are two forms of life. There is the natural life of […]

Why Christ Instituted the Sacrament of Confession

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J. No words can describe the importance of the sacrament of Penance in the Catholic Church. Christ instituted the Sacrament to give us a ready and assured means of obtaining the remission of our sins committed after baptism. We must say that this sacrament was the first gift to the […]

The Holy Eucharist as Communion and Sacrament

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.(transcription) Our secularized, paganized, former Christian America is beyond salvation naturally speaking. The believing and true Catholic must wake up to the fact that God became man and remains with us in the Holy Eucharist to help us to make the impossible possible. Father Hardon shows clearly that much power […]

Sacrament of Matrimony – Introduction

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.(Transcription) I repeat; this is your mini-textbook on the doctrine. We will concentrate on these nine classes on the doctrine, but I do want you to have copies of the Code dealing with matrimony. First then, the Concept of the Sacrament of Matrimony; in other words, what is it? We […]

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