Blog About Newman’s Sermons
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June 24, 2017Christ ascends to heaven after his death and resurrection. The Christian knows that the Cross is the path to heaven, warfare the condition of victory.
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June 18, 2017God is the deepest subject of reflection, and to try to understand Him strains our minds. Yet we are called to press on in reflecting on the Trinity of God.
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June 10, 2017The mystery of the Trinity is beyond our understanding. But we are called to reflect on it, and Newman is a wise guide for the path of our reflection.
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May 20, 2017The title of this reflection is the essential question every man and woman needs to ask. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at Blessed Newman’s sermon, “Faith, the Title for our Justification,”...
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May 13, 2017Faith is necessary for salvation. In this sermon, Blessed Newman asks whether it is all one needs.
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April 29, 2017Before his Passion and Death Jesus told the disciples that "A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father." John xvi. 16. How i...
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March 2, 2017By fasting we imitate Christ's self-denial, and grow in love for him. And with faith and humility we overcome the temptations of the devil.
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October 16, 2016Newman asserts that to be a Christian calls for more than honesty, justice and temperance; it means to seek Christian perfection in Christ's footsteps. http://www.cardinaljohnhenrynewman.com/wp-con...
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October 8, 2016The Spiritual Mind, Part 2 by Fr. Juan Vélez The Christian should act out of the good habit of loving God, rather than out of fear of sinning, even though the latter may at first play a part in h...
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October 2, 2016The Spiritual Mind, Part 1 by Fr. Juan Vélez Blessed Newman teaches that a Christian must examine the motives for his thoughts and actions, and must learn to master his heart, doing things for th...
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September 24, 2016Self-Denial, the Test of Religious Earnestness, Part 3 by Fr. Juan Vélez Jesus bids us to take up our cross daily. We must be careful, however, of the danger of self-deception by doing things for...
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September 17, 2016Self-Denial, the Test of Religious Earnestness, Part 2 by Fr. Juan Vélez Jesus bids us to take up our cross daily. We must careful, however, of the danger of self-deception by doing things for ou...
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September 10, 2016Self-Denial, the Test of Religious Earnestness, Part 1 by Fr. Juan Vélez John Henry Newman explains that the test of the true practice of religion is self-denial. Without the latter a person make...
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September 3, 2016Secret Faults (Part 3) - by Fr. Juan Vélez Most people rationalize their defects and sins and become used to them. John Henry Newma...
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August 21, 2016Secret Faults (Part 1) - by Fr. Juan Vélez Most people have little self-knowledge, and because of this have a poor understanding of...
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August 7, 2016World news in today's age travels with such speed that we are aware at once of wars, cruelty, famine and other human disasters. We must pay attention, pray, and in our own measure do what we can to al...
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July 11, 2016A Better Homeland (cf. Hebrews 11:16) When prodigal children book passage for a far country, the last thing they want is a reminder about the likeliness of a U-turn. No ticket kiosk of...
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March 14, 2016Falling short in the most important area of Christian life, that of loving God and our neighbor for His sake, is enough of a daily stumbling block to merit Blessed John Henry Newman’s focus in a ser...
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December 24, 2015Tonight we celebrate the Nativity of our Lord. "The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." The Incarnation is the great mystery that reveals God's wonderful love for mankind. In this sermon from ...
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December 13, 2015We have very sadly gotten almost accustomed to saying God's name in vain or hearing others do so. There is little reverence in the way people dress and behave at church. There is a loss of the sense o...
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November 29, 2015Blessed John Henry Newman helps us to begin the season of Advent with a sermon titled "Worship, a Preparation for Christ's Coming." He opens with the words of Scripture: "Thine eyes shall see th...
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November 8, 2015In the sermon The Praise of Men, after indicating that ridicule is a powerful weapon used by the devil, Blessed John Henry Newman describes a case in which it is the cause of much pain: when a pers...
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October 23, 2015The Wisdom of Youth by Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem Blessed are they who give the flower of their days, and their strength of soul and body to Him; blessed are they who in their youth turn t...
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July 22, 2015A Matter of Life and Death by Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem. When Moses set before the Israelites a choice between life and death, a blessing and a curse, he wasn’t simply issuing an ultimatu...
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July 4, 2015What was the secret of St. John Chrysostom's success as a leader and reformer? The spiritual leaders of a city or society inspire the moral lives of their citizens. They understand well people's ne...
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June 19, 2015St. Philip owed a great deal to St. Ignatius, telling one of the latter's disciples that he had learned how to do "mental prayer" from St. Ignatius. He even considered being admitted to his Society of...
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June 11, 2015St. Philip, A Different Type of Reformer Who was Philip Neri and what were the important stages in his formation? Having recounted the life of Savonarola, and referring to God's appearance to ...
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June 3, 2015Moral and religious decadence evokes spiritual reforms, and these require spokesmen, people who in the first place embody the life that they preach. St. Philip Neri would be such an agent for such a s...
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May 27, 2015Today the Church honors a great saint, Philip Neri (Filippo di Neri), who countered the decadent culture of his time with humility, charity and truthfulness. Philip (July 21, 1515 – May 25, 1595), w...
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April 2, 2015Christ died on the Cross. But did he fail? Was he truly who he said he was? Jesus Christ laid down his life freely. He had said about his life: "I have power to lay it down, and I have power to ta...
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March 13, 2015We return once more to Newman's Sermon "Christ, the Son of God made Man" which explains the meaning of the Scripture passage: "Christ being come, an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater an...
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March 3, 2015In the season of Lent we prepare for the celebration of the mystery of Christ's Passion and Death and Resurrection. The events of Christ's Baptism and Temptations in the desert, and of his Transfigura...
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February 23, 2015On the First Sunday of Lent we reflect on Christ's Temptations in the desert. Jesus was tempted by Satan and conquered over him. As St. Augustine wrote: in Christ we were tempted because he had our fl...
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December 23, 2014As we prepare to celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ we have before us a text from the Letter to the Hebrews and some comments by Bl. John Henry Newman. "Both He that sanctifieth and th...
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April 18, 2014John Henry Newman preached the sermon The Cross of Christ the Measure of the World on April 9, 1841 (Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol 6). In this sermon preached on a Fifth Sunday of Lent he offers a ...
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December 26, 2013Today is Christmas day. In his Parochial and Plain Sermons Blessed John Henry Newman preached a sermon on the Incarnation reflecting on St. John's text: "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us." ...
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July 23, 2013Boys and girls are like soft sponges that absorb all the water around them. They acquire piety and virtue or vice depending on the influence they receive at home, school and church. Children learn and...
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March 30, 2013The Cross of Christ, the Measure of the World Parochial and Plane Sermons, Vol. 6 In this sermon Blessed John Henry Newman counsels us to take a deeper look at the world and the meaning of life,...
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December 25, 2012Equanimity, Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol 5. Following a sermon for Advent, exhorting Christians to self-examination and watchfulness for Christ's second coming, Newman comments in a sermon for...
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December 17, 2012In one of his Parochial and Plain Sermons for Advent John Henry Newman speaks on the need for sincerity in one's religious professions as well as the need to avoid idle professions. He reminds us h...
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April 14, 2012Newman writes that Jesus appeared to St. John as is related in the book of Revelation and to St. Paul in Corinth and Jerusalem in visions, but "These appearances were not an actual presence of Christ...
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April 11, 2012Newman realizes that Christ's presence in Christians and in his Church is mysterious, but based on Christ's promise believes that it is a real presence. "Through the Holy Ghost we have communion with...
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April 9, 2012In this Easter sermon Newman explores the paradox of Christ's presence and simultaneous absence from the world. Christ leaves us as far as a visible presence, but promises to remain with us and his Ch...
