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Tag Archives: John Henry Newman
STATIONS OF THE CROSS – Audio from Fr. Z
Here also are my audio projects of the Way of the Cross. On 1st Fridays, do please pray the Act of Reparation. What we need right now is PRAYER, especially now. And remember to GO TO CONFESSION! For priests, especially, try The Way Of … Read More
9 October – Feast of St. John Henry Newman. We can celebrate him using the Traditional Latin Mass: his LATIN Collect
The other day Fr. Hunwicke reminded me at his fine blog that 9 October is the Feast of St. John Henry Newman. Keep in mind that legislation came from the newest incarnation of the old Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, now … Read More
Lovely poetry about Candlemas, the beautiful Feast of the Purification, Presentation of the Lord
Candlemas is coming up, the Feast of the Purification, as it is traditionally called. We call it Candlemas because, with the references to light in the liturgy, we bless candles. Candlemas is the conclusion of the Advent/Christmas cycle. We are … Read More
Some reading for the road
As I prepare to make a trip, I find good reading is available. First, from The Catholic Thing: Drawing Bright Lines by David Carlin I’m an old man, and though I hope, and on certain days even go so far … Read More
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#AmazonSynod through a lens from St John Henry Newman
Corruptio optimi pessima… the corruption of the best thing is the worst sort of corruption. The other day I heard Australian author Tracey Rowland give a great talk in Rome about Newman’s idea of a university in juxtaposition with what’s … Read More
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ROME DAY 9: Campo, Clams and a Canonization Sonnet
Sunrise was at 7:17 this morning and my phone will announce Colors at 18:36. HOWEVER, the Ave Maria has changed to 18:45! How time flies. Yesterday, being Friday, I wanted to get some fish. My first idea was to have … Read More
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Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”
Blessed John Henry Newman’s 1849 poem “Candlemas”: THE Angel-lights of Christmas morn, Which shot across the sky, Away they pass at Candlemas, They sparkle and they die. Comfort of earth is brief at best, Although it be divine; Like funeral … Read More
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“Has not all our misery as a Church arisen from people being afraid to look difficulties in the face?”
“The more implicit the reverence one pays to a Bishop, the more keen will be one’s perception of heresy in him … those, who have cultivated a loyal feeling towards their superiors, are the most loving servants, or the most … Read More
Pope Francis changed the Catechism about the death penalty. What next? Wherein Fr. Z opines.
I wonder if the recent move of the Holy Father to change the text – the teaching of the Church – of the paragraph in the Catechism of the Catholic Church about the death penalty will generate enough buzz to … Read More
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“How unspeakably cold is the idea of a Temple without that Divine Presence!”
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald print edition (not online), had a great piece by the renowned Newman scholar, Fr. Ian Ker about Newman’s conversion and the Real Presence in Catholic churches. Here it is in toto: ‘Awful … Read More
27 Nov – Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Toward the back of our venerable 1962 Missale Romanum there are Mass formularies for special feasts. Today, for example, we find Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Our Lady appeared to a Sister of Charity of the Rue du Bac … Read More
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Excerpt from a conference Card. Caffarra was slated to give
At Rorate there is an extract from a text that the late, great – and already deeply missed – Carlo Card. Caffarra would have delivered to a conference in Milan on 10 Sept 2017. Some time ago, there fell into … Read More
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In The Wild – Z-Swag Sighting: “To be deep in history…”
A priest reader alerted me to an article in the Dartmouth alumni magazine about Fr. George Rutler, now pastor of St. Michael’s and the beleaguered Holy Innocents in Manhattan, then pastor, in 2012, of Our Savior. In the article we … Read More
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NEW WDTPRS MUG – Newman “To be deep in history”
The other day I was having a skype conversation with His Hermeneuticalness himself, Fr. Tim Finigan. He mentioned Bl. John Henry Newman’s phrase “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.” Thinking back on the course … Read More
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“conscience truly so called”
His Hermeneuticalness as a great entry on the proper understanding and function of a person’s conscience in case of possible conflict with the, for example, teaching of a Pope or of the Church. You will want to read the whole … Read More
