Holy Church would make an example of the great Apostle for our sakes, and hold him up to us in the image of his earthly weakness. Image: Wiki Commons Introduction Many traditional Catholics around the world are unable to assist at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass every Sunday - and very few are able …
Continue reading Conscience and Unbelief – A Sermon for St Thomas the Apostle
"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.
"The Heavenly Power provides a unique and manifold gift when it gives us not only intercessors for our sins but also teachers of eternal life." Image: St Gregory and King Chilperic, Grandes Chronique de France de Charles V, (Wiki Commons, source) Introduction While doing research for The WM Review’s ongoing series on St Gregory the …
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"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 …
Continue reading The Rosary: A School of Contemplation – Garrigou-Lagrange, 1941
"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 …
Continue reading What did Cardinal Newman say about the Rosary to a school of young men and boys?
"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 …
Continue reading “Do you pray to Our Lady as you should, as befits her?” from Georges Bernanos, 1937
"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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"Poverty in this world always opens up the kingdom of heaven" Image: The Basilica at Clermont-Ferrand (Source: Wiki Commons CC) Introduction Sixth century Gaul was a brutal place. Over the course of the fifth century, Roman imperial authority had collapsed, and new kingdoms had been carved out by migrating Germanic peoples. The Romano-Gallic population was …