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“Keep Thyself Pure:” Newman’s “Rebuking Sin”
Rebuking sin is fruitless if we have not the “ripeness of Christian holiness.”
Robert Kirkendall
August 15, 2020
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Use of Saints’ Days
St. John Henry Newman tells why the celebration of Saint’s days fell out of use, and why it is helpful for Christians to recover the practice of commemorating them.
Fr. Juan Velez
August 9, 2020
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The Christian Ministry
Priests stand in the office of Christ. By virtue of this office, and not by worldly merit, they are exalted above all other ministers in order to serve God’s people.
David Warren
July 31, 2020
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Guilelessness
St. John Henry Newman teaches us that we must strive to be simple and prudent like Nathanael.
Prof. Barb H. Wyman
July 25, 2020
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“Tolerance of Religious Error”
Trusting in God’s mercy includes embracing his goodness as well as his “severity” against sin.
Robert Kirkendall
July 18, 2020
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The Gospel, a Trust Committed to Us
We guard the faith by sharing It. St. John Henry Newman shows us how simple this really is.
David Warren
July 10, 2020
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Human Responsibility
Newman would agree with Augustine’s summary of the doctrine of predestination found in “The Confessions”: “God who made us without us cannot save us without our cooperation.”
Fr. Juan Velez
July 3, 2020
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“Kingdom of Saints” Part II: A Mixed History
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.
Robert Kirkendall
June 19, 2020
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Kingdom of the Saints I
The Scriptures reveal history and our own lives to us, who are often blind to the miraculous in our midst.
David Warren
June 12, 2020
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God and Man, Peace and Justice
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.
Fr. Juan Velez
June 4, 2020