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.”
“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too.”
Newman, Wojtyla and Ratzinger are among the Christian thinkers who have best explained the correct relationship between faith and reason.
Many influential aspects of Newman’s own faith journey cluster around the Wise Men’s star-gazing encounter with Jesus.
“Co-workers in Truth”: John Henry and Josef Ratzinger
Love, the one thing needful, must infuse all that we are lest we become outward Christians while remaining worldly in spirit.
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.
As we approach the Child in the crib, let us tell Him with the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph that we wish to love him with simplicity and sincerity of heart, serving Him with a perfect heart.
A Guide to John Henry Newman, His Life and Thought is a rich collection of chapters and essays which the Catholic University of America Press will publish in December of this year 2022.
Newman teaches us how to have deep conversations with others.
