
Reliance on Religious Observances
Newman warns against the danger of self-righteousness, and its converse: shunning religious practices that might lead to self-conceit.
Newman warns against the danger of self-righteousness, and its converse: shunning religious practices that might lead to self-conceit.
God requires much from us; don’t shrink back, but go on with the courage of one who knows “If God be for me, who can be against me?”
The world God made has a natural law of cause and effect built into it. One act of love really benefits the whole of creation, and one sin harms the same whole. On the individual level, our personal sins, as well as our acts of love, mold our character moment by moment.
Unlike Balaam, our obedience to God should be borne out of the desire to not offend a Good Father, but to please Him out of love.
Obedience to God should not be merely dutiful. John H. Newman explains that this is one of the lessons we can learn from the history of Balaam.
“In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”
The joy of Easter will make us bold witnesses to the miracle of God’s forgiveness, but love will spur us to learn more about the truth and to exhaust every means of becoming an effective evangelist.
Are your passions leading you astray? Prayer and praise can bring you back.
John Henry Newman explained that the worship of God should be considered foremost a privilege.
A Guide to John Henry Newman will interest educated readers and professors alike, and serve as a text for college seminars for the purpose of studying Newman.
Review by Catherine Maybanks
(Catholic Herald, April 1, 2023)
What is a Classical Liberal Arts Education? Why is it so important for the development of a person?
Fr. Juan R. Vélez answers these and more questions you might have about University Education in the 21st century. This book is aimed for parents, prospective University students, and educators. It will help you discern why adding Liberal Arts electives to your education will help it form it better, and help the student learn to reason, and not just learn.
He also explains how many Universities have changed the true meaning of Liberal Arts, and the subjects, and gives advise on how to choose College Campus, Subjects, and Teachers.
A wonderful book that every parent should also read way before your children are College bound. A Liberal Arts education can start earlier in life, even from home.
People in the world, even the well meaning, see the world and believe that this world they see and live in is all there is.
Newman describes the vocation of following Jesus as, being like him, leaven for the dough.
As Prophet, Priest and King, Christ shares God with man and identifies with us in our humanity.
We must not measure faith by the world, but learn to see as God sees.
Newman’s bond of connection between persons and across cultures: Fr. Ian Ker, Fr. John Ford, Donald Graham and Claude Ryan
St. John Henry Newman imagined the day that he would see and touch the sacred wounds of Jesus.
St. John Henry Newman found solace in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament.
Though we may have lost time in following God, though we may have punishments for our past sins, we are not without hope of becoming great saints.
Christians are given what they need to perform what without God’s grace would seem, and be, impossible.