
Faith and the World
People in the world, even the well meaning, see the world and believe that this world they see and live in is all there is.
People in the world, even the well meaning, see the world and believe that this world they see and live in is all there is.
Both St. John Henry Newman and Pope Benedict XVI understood the way of beauty that leads to God.
“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too.”
Newman invites us to pray: Jesus! Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as You shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.
St. John Henry Newman advises us to pray and discern the season to remain silent and the season to speak.
Our visible world speaks to us of an unseen world, a spiritual world behind a veil, so to speak, with its Creator, angels, and saints.
The flame of love that Christians possess comes from the Holy Spirit who was sent into the world after the Ascension of our Lord.
St. John Henry Newman taught that faith is an act of reason enlightened by grace, and invited people to pray for those who do not believe in Christ.
In the poem Sleeplessness, John Henry Newman writes about trusting in God, and putting aside our pride and self reliance.
In this time of Advent, St. John Henry Newman invites us to be watchmen of the kind who gaze toward heaven, waiting for Our Lord.