The Cause of the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman

Br Frank McGrath holding Volume 32
of the Letters and Diaries
In this interview published in conjunction with the Rome-based ZENIT News Agency, Brother Frank McGrath, an Australian Marist Brother, and editor of the Oxford University Press series The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman, talks about the history of this key project, and about how the [...]

He watches for Christ who has a sensitive, eager, apprehensive mind; who is awake, alive, quick-sighted, zealous in seeking and honouring Him; who looks out for Him in all that happens, and who would not be surprised, who would not be over-agitated or overwhelmed, if he found that He was coming at once.
From the sermon [...]

Stained Glass of the Last Judgment, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England
In this passage from the 1840 sermon ‘Waiting for Christ’ Newman describes the attitude of the ‘true Christian’ in respect of the various ‘comings’ of the Son of God:
To him apply St. Paul’s words, “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient; all [...]

Let us beg of our Divine Lord to take to Him His great power, and manifest Himself more and more, and reign both in our hearts and in the world. Let us beg of Him to stand by us in trouble, and guide us on our dangerous way. May He, as of old, choose “the [...]

Monsignor Roderick Strange, Rector of the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, has spoken of Newman’s significance for the modern Church, and suggested that his beatification could be a ‘great opportunity ecumenically’, reports Richard Owen in Times Online.
Speaking in Rome, Monsignor Strange said that Newman, as a convert to Catholicism, “while never regretting his move remained [...]

Let us, as far as we have the opportunity, meditate upon His dealings with His Church from age to age; on His faithfulness to His promises, and the mysterious mode of their fulfilment; how He has ever led His people forward safely and prosperously on the whole amid so many enemies; what unexpected events have [...]

Br Frank McGrath, Editor of the Oxford University Press series The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman, has made known new research into the history of the origins of this key publication.
In an interview for the Cause website, Br Frank, an Australian Marist Brother, revealed that the origin of the project in its present [...]

When Moses came down from the Mount, and the people were dazzled at his countenance, he put a veil over it. That veil is so far removed in the Gospel, that we are in a state of preparation for its being altogether removed. We are with Moses in the Mount so far, that we have [...]