"He brought from Rome what he found in Rome" The WM Review is pleased to publish a fascinating letter written by Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, in defence of John Henry Newman’s writings on the Blessed Virgin Mary in his 1866 work Letter to Pusey. Ullathorne was the Bishop of Birmingham, the diocese in which Newman lived and ministered.
"The words are a kind of melody which soothes the ear and isolates us from the noise of the world." Image: Wiki Commons CC The Rosary: A School of ContemplationfromThe Mother of the Saviourand Our Interior LifeReginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP (As Amazon Associates, we earn a small commission from purchases made with Amazon links)Some line breaks …
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"My dear boys, throughout your life find a home in the Holy Family." Image: From right to left: Father Thomas Pope, Father William Neville, Father Paul Eaglesim, Cardinal Newman, the Cardinal's 'Gentiluomo', the 'Caudatario', or Trainbearer. Source: Wiki Commons Public Domain Editors' Notes A few words about the context of this short address. It was …
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How should we see the Cross in our lives as Christians? In honour of the traditional feast of The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (14th September), let's reflect again on the inspiring challenge presented in Thomas à Kempis' The Imitation of Christ (see here for UK readers). Image: St Helena and the Cross, Wiki Commons. …
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"The last-born of their ancient race, celestial hostage round which demons howl." Image: Nesterov's Annunciation Editor’s Notes The following two extracts about Our Lady are taken from Georges Bernanos’ 1937 novel The Diary of a Country Priest. This novel is about the short ministry of a young, newly-appointed parish priest in the French countryside. As …
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"She will comfort you in your discouragements, solace you in your fatigues, raise you after your falls, reward you for your successes." Image: Wiki Commons Public Domain This is the second part of the sermon on the Assumption of our Blessed Lady by John Henry Cardinal Newman. It was published as one sermon in the …
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"She gave birth to the Creator, and what recompense shall be made her?" Image: Wiki Commons Public Domain This sermon on the Assumption of our Blessed Lady by John Henry Cardinal Newman was published in the collection Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations (and for UK readers). It was published in 1849, the first that he …
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"O my God, holiness becometh Thy House, and yet Thou dost make Thy abode in my breast." I. The Mass 1. I ADORE Thee, O my Lord God, with the most profound awe for thy passion and crucifixion, in sacrifice for our sins. Thou didst suffer incommunicable sufferings in Thy sinless soul. Thou wast exposed in Thy …
"He relieved pain by the touch of his hand and the sign of the Cross." Image: from Wiki Commons CC St Philip Neri's Miraculous GiftsMay 25 Philip's Miraculous Gifts Philip's great and solid virtues were crowned and adorned by the divine Majesty with various and extraordinary favours, which he in vain used every artifice, if possible, …
"So long as they do not sin, they may chop wood upon my back." Image: from Wiki Commons CC St Philip Neri's Care for the Salvation of SoulsMay 24 When he was a young priest, and had gathered about him a number of spiritual persons, his first wish was to go with them all to preach …
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