
The Work of the Christian
Christians are given what they need to perform what without God’s grace would seem, and be, impossible.
Christians are given what they need to perform what without God’s grace would seem, and be, impossible.
As “co-workers in the truth,” Newman and Benedict teach us that only from within the setting of God’s truth can “heart speak unto heart.”
Love, the one thing needful, must infuse all that we are lest we become outward Christians while remaining worldly in spirit.
There is no such person under the Gospel as a ‘justified sinner,’ only sinners and ‘justified saints.’
Real transformation of the heart, without which all external manners are hypocritical, is essential for authentic formation.
Newman’s well-cultivated mind, humble before truth, is not unlike St. Therese’s Little Flower, accepting all things as God’s gifts.
The more students freely and joyfully pursue learning just because it is good, the more they flourish and the more truly useful they can become.
Practicality thrives only with a higher habit of love for knowledge for its own sake.
The mysteries of our own selves point us to the mystery of God.
Faith is a gift from God – He gives it, sustains it, and perfects it.