Spiritual Practices

Nightly Examen of Conscience by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.   The examination of conscience is an essential part of the spiritual life. All intelligent people make a periodic self-assessment. Our purpose here is to […]

  Sanctifying Your Day With the Angelus by Msgr. Roger J. Scheckel, Spiritual Advisor of the Marian Catechist Apostolate   At the heart of our Catholic Faith is the celebration of the Incarnation of God’s […]

“When you awake in the morning, let your first act be to salute My Heart, and to offer Me your own…. Whoever shall breathe a sigh toward Me from the bottom of his heart when […]

    Jesus, behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled with a lively confidence in Your Sacred Heart. You said, “Ask, and you shall receive; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe, according to your message in Mexico I venerate you as “the Virgin Mother of the true God for whom we live, the Creator of all the world, Maker of heaven and […]

by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, D.D., J.C.D. Introduction The Marian Catechist Apostolate, securely grounded in the papal magisterium, is well prepared for the call of Pope John Paul II to carry out the New Evangelization […]

by Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Our title for this conference is, “The Rosary: A Prayer for All Times.” I would like to add a subtitle, so that the full title will read: “The Rosary: […]

By Father John A. Hardon, S.J.     If there is one vocal prayer that is typically Catholic it is the Hail Mary. We say it so many times in different ways, but especially in the […]

    Contemplating the Face of Christ by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke D.D, J.C.D.   Introduction Praying the Holy Rosary is integral to the spiritual practices of Marian Catechists. Already at the stage of […]

“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist.” So begins Pope John Paul II’s encyclical letter, Ecclesia de Eucharistia (On the Eucharist and Its Relationship to the Church). Drawing from the documents of the Second Vatican Council, […]

  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 […]