Poetry Blog (Three Minutes with Newman)
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Prof. Barb H. WymanMarch 5, 2019John Henry Newman invites us to 'sanctify the woes,' that is to accept sufferings as a way of penance for our sins.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanFebruary 14, 2019John Henry Newman found consolation in Christ and the thought of heaven when Mary, his young sister, died unexpectedly.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanDecember 7, 2018One way to prepare our hearts is to contemplate Blessed John Henry Newman's lovely poem written for Advent Vespers.
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Fr. Juan VelezNovember 24, 2018This poem can help us on the Sunday that the Church honors Christ as Universal King showing us what type of king Jesus truly is: all-just and all-merciful.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanNovember 19, 2018In The Dream of Gerontius, Blessed Newman helps us to consider the Last Things preparing for our encounter with Christ and our personal judgement.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanNovember 3, 2018Blessed Cardinal Newman describes the purification of the soul in Purgatory as being in a golden prison in preparation for Heaven.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanOctober 6, 2018Newman reminds us the importance of our guardian angel, the brother of our soul.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanAugust 25, 2018Newman teaches us in charmingly simple verses that Mary, Our Queen, will lead us to Heaven.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJuly 29, 2018Newman cautions us that unlike King Jeroboam we must obey God in all his precepts, and reminds us that the Church puts its hope in Christ.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJune 30, 2018Being a follower of Christ sometimes means stepping outside our comfort zone
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJune 2, 2018Newman exhorts us to plug our ears to the Sirens' call, so that we may sail safely to heaven.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanMay 12, 2018The material world is only a shadow of the spiritual world and its Creator, and we must discern between shadow and substance.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanApril 8, 2018The reality of Christ's resurrection, like the bow set in the sky by God after the great flood, gives hope, even amidst sorrow or sadness.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanMarch 11, 2018In the second half of the poem, “My Birthday,” Blessed John Henry Newman continues to relate how worldly people celebrate birthdays in contrast to how he wishes to mark his day.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanMarch 3, 2018In his Birthday poem, Blessed John Henry Newman considers how a life should be spent, reminding us to beware the vanities of the world.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanFebruary 10, 2018Newman reflects how light and Candlemas show Christ to be the light of the world.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJanuary 21, 2018Newman warned England to repent from its pride and rejection of God. In his verses he opened lines with stressed syllables to emphasize his point.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJanuary 5, 2018Newman sees the meaning of his sister's death as drawing those she left behind into that invisible world, likening it to the star which guided the magi.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanDecember 17, 2017Blessed Newman's poem, "Advent-Lauds," is a translation of a fifth century hymn that can help us prepare for the coming of our Lord.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanNovember 21, 2017Newman teaches that faith and reason at the service of God brings man to a deeper appreciation of the complexity of the created world
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Prof. Barb H. WymanOctober 28, 2017We are called by Newman to scatter wide the seed of the truth of the gospel, living in the world which just like from days of old forgets God.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanSeptember 30, 2017True consolation comes from the knowledge that Christ is ever with us.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanAugust 18, 2017For Newman, God wishes to transform us so that the “the beauty of holiness” may shine through us to others.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanAugust 12, 2017Newman reminds us of the power of the Cross which opens us to the invisible world and God's grace.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJuly 22, 2017In the poem “Solitude,” John Henry Newman reminds us of the importance of silent time alone with God.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJuly 15, 2017These verses are the expression of Newman’s desire to live and die at Oxford, in the simplicity of the life of a scholar, caring for his students.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJuly 8, 2017Newman intrigues us with a riddle in his "Snapdragon: a Riddle for a Flower Book". Reading his poetry carefully we discover more about him as a person.
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Prof. Barb H. WymanJuly 1, 2017Lead Kind Light is one of John Henry Newman's most memorable poems in which he invokes the Holy Spirit for light in the face of the unknown.
