The Cause of the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman

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I am not so irrational as to despise Public Opinion; I have no thought of making light of a tribunal established in the conditions and necessities of human nature. It has its place in the very constitution of society; it ever has existed, it ever will exist, whether in the commonwealth of nations, or in [...]

The whole period of the Christian Church, from the day of Pentecost to the end of all things, is one holy and spiritual Sabbath.
From the sermon ‘The Principle of Continuity between the Jewish and Christian Churches’ (1842) Click here for the full text (leaves site)

The Holy [S. John the] Baptist rebuked Herod without making him angry; therefore he must have rebuked him with gravity, temper, sincerity, and an evident good-will towards him. On the other hand, he spoke so firmly, sharply, and faithfully, that his rebuke cost him his life.
From the sermon ‘Rebuking Sin’ (1831) Click here for the [...]

Not only do forms and ordinances remain under the Gospel equally as before; but … what was in use before is not so much superseded by the Gospel ordinances, as changed into them. What took place under the Law is a pattern, what was commanded is a rule, under the Gospel. The substance remains, the use, the meaning, the circumstances, the benefit is changed; grace is added, life is infused; “the body is of Christ”, [Col 2: 17] but it is in great measure that same body which was in being before He came.

Hippo has ceased to be an episcopal city; but its great Teacher [S. Augustine], though dead, yet speaks; his voice is gone out into all lands, and his words unto the ends of the world. He needs no dwelling-place, whose home is the Catholic Church; he fears no barbarian or heretical desolation, whose creed is [...]

Each constituent portion of the Church has its proper functions, and no portion can safely be neglected.
From ‘On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine’ (1859) Click here for the full text (leaves site)

“One of my friends at Littlemore had been received into the Church on Michaelmas Day, at the Passionist House at Aston, near Stone, by Father Dominic, the Superior. At the beginning of October the latter was passing through London to Belgium; and, as I was in some perplexity what steps to take for being received myself, I assented to the proposition made to me that the good priest should take Littlemore in his way, with a view to his doing for me the same charitable service as he had done to my friend.