"Now for the first time she is raised to that pre-eminent throne of suffering." Murillo's Virgen Dolorosa – CC Wiki Commons. Some line breaks added below, with some headings taken from the original Table of Contents. FromThe Thirty YearsOur Lord’s Infancy & Hidden LifeFr Henry James Coleridge1885 Burns and Oates, London, 1915154-63 The change of …
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"Before the Blessed Mary could be Mother of God... she was set apart, sanctified, filled with grace, and made meet for the presence of the Eternal." Image: La Inmaculada Concepción, Francisco Rizzi, (Source: Wikimedia commons) Editors' Introduction The gospel of the third Sunday in Lent ends with the following verses: "And it came to pass, …
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"There was war between the woman and the Serpent. This is most emphatically fulfilled if she had nothing to do with sin" In honour of Our Lady on the great Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we present the "Memorandum on the Immaculate Conception" written by Cardinal Newman for his friend Robert Wilberforce, who was looking for something to help him deal with objections made against the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception by some Protestant friends.
"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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"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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"Private revelations cannot be used to contradict traditional theology without creating serious problems." Throughout history God has made private revelations to chosen souls, even for the public good. We could consider the revelations made to St Joan of Arc, which led to the victory of France over English rule; or the revelations of the Sacred …
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"All of us – yes, even you and I – are liable to be deceived." In this essay we will consider: - Miracles as proof of Christ's revelation - The continuation of miracles in the Church - Being too dependent on signs and wonders - Credulity and false miracles - The purpose of miracles, and …
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Here are some brief reflections on what the latest announcement may mean for us. 1. Our Lady said Russia, not Russia and the World, or Russia and Ukraine, or the USSR, or the individual Soviet republic, or the Russian Federation. Without this being a problem - why can't we just do what we're asked? 2. …
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