The Cause of the Canonisation of John Henry Cardinal Newman

In this passage from his Meditations and Devotions, Newman speaks of Jesus Christ as the ‘Beginning of the New Creation’. He concludes his reflection with a prayer to Christ, ‘Splendour of the eternal light, and the Sun of Justice’, for ‘all ranks and conditions of men in Thy Holy Church’:
Our Lord Jesus Christ is said [...]

May each Christmas, as it comes, find us more and more like Him, who as at this time became a little child for our sake, more simple-minded, more humble, more holy, more affectionate, more resigned, more happy, more full of God.
From the sermon ‘The Mystery of Godliness’ (1837) Click here for the full text (leaves [...]

If any one desires illumination to know God’s will as well as strength to do it, let him come to Mass daily, if he possibly can. At least let him [...]

He it was who created the worlds; He it was who interposed of old time in the affairs of the world, and showed Himself to be a living and observant God, whether men thought of [...]

We are very apt to wish we had been born in the days of Christ, and in this way we excuse our misconduct, when conscience reproaches us. We say, that had we had the advantage [...]

And what can be more consoling and joyful than the wonderful promises which follow from this truth, that Mary is the Mother of God?—the great wonder, namely, that we become the brethren [...]

In this passage from his 1840 sermon ‘The New Works of the Gospel’, Newman reflects on the nature of faith and the fruits of grace in the Christian life, shedding light on the words of St Elizabeth to the Blessed Virgin Mary in today’s Gospel, “Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to [...]

True is it the Gospels will do very much by way of realizing for us the incarnation of the Son of God, if studied in faith and love. But the Creeds are an additional help [...]