In this sermon Newman criticizes the religion of the Pharisee or the religion of the day as being “often very beautiful on the surface, but worthless in God’s sight; good, as far as it goes, but worthless and hopeless, because it does...
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In the Fall 2015 issue of the Newman Studies Journal there is a review which I wrote on The ‘Making of Men’. The Idea and reality of Newman’s university in Oxford and Dublin, by Paul Shrimpton, Leominster (United Kingdom)...
Read moreSince writing the earlier post this morning, there is news of a possible miraculous cure attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman the the Archdiocese of Chicago has forwarded to the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints...
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In the Gospels we see how Jesus had compassion for the sick and cured them. The cures reveal his compassion as well as his divinity. In our times God continues to work miracles through the intercession of his saints. On June 6, 2000, Jack...
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Saint John Neumann and Blessed John Henry Newman Every year one or more friends kindly congratulate me on January 5th when the Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of St. John Neumann. They mistake his name, pronounced Newman here in the...
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Tonight we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord. “The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” The Incarnation is the great mystery that reveals God’s wonderful love for mankind. In this sermon from the Parochial and Plain Sermons...
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We have very sadly gotten almost accustomed to saying God’s name in vain or hearing others do so. There is little reverence in the way people dress and behave at church. There is a loss of the sense of the sacred and of the reverence due to...
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Blessed John Henry Newman helps us to begin the season of Advent with a sermon titled “Worship, a Preparation for Christ’s Coming.”[1] He opens with the words of Scripture: “Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty...
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In the sermon The Praise of Men,[1] after indicating that ridicule is a powerful weapon used by the devil, Blessed John Henry Newman describes a case in which it is the cause of much pain: when a person who had shunned religion turns by...
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Deacon Jack Sullivan received a miraculous cure from a severe spinal stenosis on August 15, 2001 after praying to Cardinal Newman. On July 3, 2009 Pope Benedict announced that this healing was a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed...
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Blessed John Henry Newman’s liturgical memorial is celebrated liturgically on October 9. For this occasion Stephen Bullivant, Senior Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, posted a short piece in the Catholic...
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The Saints are men and women whom the Church sets as standards for living holy lives as children of God. Today is the memorial or feast day of Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890), a renowned Anglican convert and Catholic priest who stands out...
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