The Church as a fulfillment of prophecy, in this life, is a mixed history; it is a dramatic story of God’s fidelity and man’s choice for or against that fidelity.
The Scriptures reveal history and our own lives to us, who are often blind to the miraculous in our midst.
When man turns from God there is selfishness, injustice, crime, and, with it, pain, sadness and alienation. On the brutal killing of George Floyd and riots.
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is God taking up permanent residence in the heart of those who have been reborn by belief in Christ as Savior and baptism.
For Newman, the Ascension is the triumph of Christ and the completion of his work. In Heaven Christ, who is the Way, is our Mediator before God.
The Jewish people expected the Messiah, and Jewish women desired that privilege. Mary was too humble to expect this but was chosen by God to be his virgin mother.
Our earthly bodies are the very locations of an immensely holy plan.
Looking within ourselves for confidence in the state of our faith is a sure way to lose it.
A Christian’s “saving knowledge,” to know the true God, is manifest in the witness of his life.
Cardinal Newman considers that Christ showed himself to a few witnesses after his resurrection as the best means to propagate the Gospel.