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Saints Kingdom of the Divine WillFr. William MostSt. John of the Cross and other great Saints and mystics have given us a sketch of what is, at least in general, the route from the start to the greatest conceivable perfection. The JesuitsReverend Alban Goodier S.J.History of the Society of Jesus founded by St. Ignatius Loyola The Spirituality of St. Francis de SalesMgr...

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick As the anointing by conferring the Holy Spirit completes the sacrament of baptism, so extreme unction is the complement and completion of penance. Penance restores the justification lost by sin, extreme unction takes away the infirmity left by sin; it removes that state which might be an obstacle to the clothing with glory of the resurrection...

Sacrament of Holy Orders In establishing the Sacrament of Holy Orders, the supreme task which Christ had to fulfill was his priestly work of atonement which he completed as mediator between God and man. By the union in himself of humanity and divinity Christ is by nature the mediator. As a man from among men, Christ is our mediator with the Father;...

Sacrament of Holy Matrimony Matrimony is the marriage contract between Christians raised by Christ to the dignity of a sacrament. The theological and dogmatic treatment of this sacrament does not look very much to its main features of unity and indissolubility which are basic characteristics of all marriage in natural ethics; they are rather premises, though of course they attain greater significance...

Sacrament of Confirmation The sacrament of confirmation completes the sacrament of baptism. If baptism is the sacrament of re-birth to a new and supernatural life, confirmation is the sacrament of maturity and coming of age. The real confession of Christ consist in this that the whole man submits himself to Truth, in the judgment of his understanding, in the submission of his...