Fr. Hardon has chosen 104 authors, listed chronologically from St. Ignatius of Antioch, who wrote in the first century and died a martyr in the Roman Colosseum, to John C. Wu, a Chinese-American convert who died in 1986.

The liturgy exhorts us with beautiful verses to respond to the readings in an enthusiastic way, not only with voice but with mind and heart.

How many times can a person receive Holy Communion each day? I attended the Chrism Mass this past Holy Thursday, and then the Mass in the evening at my parish. I received Holy Communion both times. A friend, though, said that I could only receive once a day.

The guardian angel simply has one task that has many facets to lead the human to the Passion and Cross. Embracing the cross is the only way human beings reach heaven. He does this mainly through pricking our conscience so we can follow the will of God.

Therese really is a doctor of the Church. She really does teach, and no writer of theology you have ever read will carry you so unerringly to the living heart of the gospels, so limpidly and beautifully put.

Every virtue has its bogus pretenders. Foolhardiness passes for courage, timidity for prudence, apathy for patience, obsequiousness for courtesy, and credulity for faith. But there is no counterfeit that is more successful in obscuring the genuine article, especially in the present era, than false compassion.

These three stories effectively blow the whistle on relativism, exposing the self-deception and inconsistency which accompany that widely held position.

Just what are the effects of Confirmation? It is difficult to imagine a better summary than that given in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Father Cameron has written an intelligible and timely introduction to fourteen Catholic classics on spirituality. In an age that is fast becoming de-Christianized, Camerons book reminds us that in the lives and writings of the saints, we have reliable guides to a complete and holy life even in the most secular of times.

Laborem Exercens is a sustained reflection on the meaning of human work, which John Paul considers to be a key, probably the essential key, to the whole social question... In this document he is more interested in looking at social teaching in the light of the concept of work, than in formulating new norms for a changed social situation. As we examine the main points of his reflections we will be able to see more clearly his insights into the meaning of the Churchs social doctrine.