Tag Archives: Bl. John Henry Newman

LENTCAzT 02: Thursday after Ash Wednesday – Esau’s “great and bitter cry”

Posted on 14 February 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today is Thurday after Ash Wednesday. Lent is underway but we are still within its narthex.
GO TO CONFESSION!
Today we hear a reference to mafia bombs, taking up our crosses, and Esau’s horrifying moment of realization of what has happened.

Genesis 27:34
Esau, … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: Z-Swag – Newman’s “To be deep in history” Mug

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Those of you who may be new readers may not know about the mug I made with a phrase of Bl. John Henry Newman: “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.”
Thinking back on the course of … Continue reading →

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PODCAzT 131: Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth – Part 2

Posted on 23 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In 1991 Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a talk to American Bishops called “Conscience and Truth”. This talk is useful today, especially in the context of two major controversies that are going on as I write, namely, the defense of the … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on 4 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Because of the all the VatiLeaks falderal right now, some are saying that the Pope should resign.
Nitwits.
Holy Church, having human beings involved in it, has had and will endure stupid and ugly controversies from within. It stands to reason that … Continue reading →

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AUDIO: Stations of the Cross – NEW VERSION – Bl. John Henry Newman

Posted on 30 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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I have had two versions of the Via Crucis, or Stations of the Cross available in audio files, one by St. Alphonsus Liguori and the other by Pope Benedict in 2005.  For these click HERE.
I … Continue reading →

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“For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.”

Posted on 24 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the consecration of the Precious Blood the priests says:
“For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
From the Meditations and Devotions of Bl. John Henry Newman.
I cannot penetrate Thy secret decrees, O Lord! I know Thou didst die … Continue reading →

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England: 17 September – Inauguration of Bl. John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music

Posted on 15 September 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This Saturday, 17 September, will bring the official inauguration of the Blessed John Henry Newman Institute of Liturgical Music in Birmingham, England.  My friend Msgr. Andrew Wadsworth wrote me saying that this is “probably the most significant enterprise in liturgical … Continue reading →

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A new Catholic liberal arts college in England!

Posted on 20 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Hermeneuticalness, my friend Fr. Tim Finigan, posted about a great initiative in England.  A group formed to establish a Catholic liberal arts college along the lines of Wyoming Catholic College and Thomas Aquinas College in California.
Fr. Finigan wrote:
The Benedictus … Continue reading →

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Of gratitude, pasta, optimism, and final huzzays

Posted on 4 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The UPS truck – a happy sight – just deposited a package sent by an esteemed reader, MMK, who spotted Rigatoncini by Rustichella on my wishlist.

This is a good brand.  The pasta isn’t merely a platform for the preparation, you … Continue reading →

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Benedict XVI’s Sermon for the Beatification of John Henry Card. Newman

Posted on 19 September 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Benedict XVI has beatified John Henry Card. Newman.
Here is the workmanlike sermon he delivered at the Mass.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
This day that has brought us together here in Birmingham is a most … Continue reading →

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