Sins of Ignorance and Weakness, Part 2
As God’s children we advance to the truth by experience of error; we succeed through failures. We seem to be walking to heaven backwards but indeed advance.
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Sins of Ignorance and Weakness, Part 1
As sinful men and women we have a need to be cleansed and renewed often. We are not forgiven once and for all.
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The Spiritual Mind, Part 3
Newman asserts that to be a Christian calls for more than honesty, justice and temperance; it means to seek Christian perfection in Christ’s footsteps. The Spiritual Mind, Part 3 To be a Christian is more than what most people...
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The Spiritual Mind, Part 2 by Fr. Juan Vélez The Christian should act out of the good habit of loving God, rather than out of fear of sinning, even though the latter may at first play a part in his decisions. People often ask whether some...
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The Spiritual Mind, Part 1
The Spiritual Mind, Part 1 by Fr. Juan Vélez Blessed Newman teaches that a Christian must examine the motives for his thoughts and actions, and must learn to master his heart, doing things for the right motive which is to obey God’s will...
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A Teenager, Mother Teresa and Cardinal Newman
A Teenager, Mother Teresa and Cardinal Newman I saw the saint (Mother Teresa) on three occasions. No, not Mother Teresa of Avila, but another giant like her. The encounters if one could call them such were very short and also very powerful. The...
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Secret Faults (Part 3)
Click here for additional Three Minutes with Newman recordings Secret Faults (Part 3) Most people rationalize their defects and sins and become used to them. John Henry Newman drew from his personal habit of self-examination to write about its...
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Secret Faults (Part 2)
Click here for additional Three Minutes with Newman recordings Secret Faults (Part 2) No one will readily deny the importance of self-knowledge and accountability but why do so few examine themselves every day? In the sermon Secret Faults Newman...
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Secret Faults (Part 1)
Click here for additional Three Minutes with Newman recordings Secret Faults, Part 1 It is no mere generality that our age is characterized by superficiality and constant noise, and that people do not know themselves. John Henry Newman began a...
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Christ speaks to the Youth of the World
Christ Speaks to the Youth of the World Gathered in Krakow with a million and a half youth from all over the world Pope Francis told them that they were like the disciples at Pentecost. The disciples were fearful and as a result were paralyzed...
Read moreThe Holy Spirit and the Church
The Saints adore each Person of the Blessed Trinity. And Cardinal Newman is no exception. In his Meditations and Devotions we read the prayer he addresses to the Holy Spirit: I ADORE Thee, O my Lord, the Third Person of the All-Blessed Trinity...
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On Pentecost the Church was born in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit promised by Jesus descended on the apostles and disciples. Cardinal Newman reminds us that the Holy Spirit gives life to everything, and He turns “sinners into saints”...
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