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.
Newman’s Meditations on the Stations of the Cross describe how Christ’s story of suffering, death, and resurrection corresponds to our story of sinfulness, hope, and redemption.
Now more than ever we are learning to love others, beginning with those closest to us.
Let us ask the Holy Family for “intimacy and familiarity with the source of all holiness, Jesus.”
