John Henry Newman
God knows me and calls me by my name.
God has created me to do Him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.
God knows me and calls me by my name.
God has created me to do Him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.
Let us pray (in silence) [that we may desire to know what is right and be ready to do it] Pause Grant to us, Lord [or O God], we pray, the spirit to always think and do what is right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may be able to live according to your
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Do you preach from a text or not? One can preach form a full, prepared text, a partial text, notes, or no notes. If you use a text, I think that it should not feel “read”. One hint for those who use a full text, practise it aloud. Read the last paragraph aloud. Then read
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Thanks to regular reader David for pointing to this story. Well-known conservative Roman Catholic internet presence Fr John Zuhlsdorf (Fr Z) was watching the Televised broadcast of the Pope in Westminster Abbey when he just about sprayed his coffee on the screen when the commentator mentioned the stole the Pope was wearing. The Pope’s stole
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The great Christian tradition is that for the church’s calendar you celebrate a person on the day of their death. John Henry Newman died August 11, 1890. The Church of England, hence, appropriately, has Newman on the calendar August 11. Today the pope, Benedict XVI, beatifies Newman and announces that for Roman Catholics, Newman’s feast
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Roman Catholics are anticipating the beatification of John Henry Newman. His body will be exhumed and moved – not without controversy. Currently he is buried according to his dying wish that he be buried with his closest friend, Ambrose St John, in the grounds of the house they had shared as priests. This day, August
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