Profession Without Practice: Part II
Hypocrisy is more widespread and dangerous than most of us believe. Blessed Newman urges us to overcome self-deception by examining ourselves.
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Profession Without Practice
Hypocrisy may seem like a remote sin, but it is far more common, far easier to fall into, and harder to detect than we imagine.
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The Isle of Sirens
Newman exhorts us to plug our ears to the Sirens’ call, so that we may sail safely to heaven.
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Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity
God is a Triune God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, and we come to know Him through Jesus Christ. Blessed Newman helps to go to the Father through the Son in the Spirit.
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The Paraclete, the Life of the Church
God the Holy Spirit is the source and life of the Catholic Church. He sustains it with its graces and gifts. And He gives supernatural life to men.
Read moreSt. Paul’s Gift of Sympathy
In this sermon preached at the University Church in Dublin John Henry Newman presents us with St. Paul’s humanity and charity as an example to follow.
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Substance and Shadow
The material world is only a shadow of the spiritual world and its Creator, and we must discern between shadow and substance.
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The Life of All Things
What deserves our attention most? That which is essential to our life. Too often, the opposite is true – we give our attention to less important things. Blessed Newman teaches us to adore the Holy Spirit as the Life of all things and...
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Easter and the Supernatural
Easter … for most any Christian Easter is a central event of the faith. Indeed as a Catholic goes deeper, we often begin to appreciate that most sublime yet shortest of the seasons, the Triduum.
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The Gospel Palaces
It is fitting that church buildings are magnificent and beautiful because they are symbols of Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
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