Three Minutes with Newman

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These are 3-6 minute explanations of Cardinal Newman's sermons and poems.

Cardinal John Henry Newman


    • Mar 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
    • 5m AVG DURATION
    • 202 EPISODES


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    War and Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 6:01


    Jesus is our Peace. He calls us to be peacemakers and put an end to war. Let us pray many rosaries asking Our Lady of Fatima to obtain peace for Ukraine.

    The Indivuduality of the Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 5:09


    St. John Henry reflects on the uniqueness of the soul of each human created by God, and on doctrine of judgment after death.

    Chastisement amid Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 6:56


    Knowing the difference between forgiveness and pardon will give us even greater resolve to change and atone for past sins.

    Idea of a University Discourse 6 Part 1: "Intellectual Perfection"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 6:01


    Idea of a University Discourse 6 Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 6:36


    Some Thoughts for Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 4:27


    Christmas comes with sorrows and joys, but especially with great joy from the birth of Our Savior.

    The Watchman by John Henry Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 4:19


    In this time of Advent, we should be watchmen of the kind who gaze toward heaven, waiting for Our Lord.

    Sleeplessness Newman Poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 5:20


    In the poem Sleeplessness, John Henry Newman writes about trusting in God, and putting aside our pride and self reliance.

    The Greatness and Littleness of Human Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 5:18


    We must have an active faith that can see through – not over, or around or in spite of our difficulties – to our final home.

    Moral Effects of Union with God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 4:32


    For Newman, prayer is conversation with God, but it is a divine conversation which prepares us for heaven.

    Having Holy Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 5:27


    Lent offers us an opportunity to grow in the desire to become more like Christ.

    Having Holy Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2022 5:27


    Lent offers us an opportunity to grow in the desire to become more like Christ.

    Moral Effects of Union with God

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 4:32


    For Newman, prayer is conversation with God, but it is a divine conversation which prepares us for heaven.

    The Greatness and Littleness of Human Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2022 5:18


    We must have an active faith that can see through – not over, or around or in spite of our difficulties – to our final home.

    Sleeplessness Newman Poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2022 5:20


    In the poem Sleeplessness, John Henry Newman writes about trusting in God, and putting aside our pride and self reliance.

    Idea of a University Discourse 6 Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 6:36


    Some Thoughts for Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 4:27


    Christmas comes with sorrows and joys, but especially with great joy from the birth of Our Savior.

    Chastisement amid Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2021 6:56


    Knowing the difference between forgiveness and pardon will give us even greater resolve to change and atone for past sins.

    The Watchman by John Henry Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 4:19


    In this time of Advent, we should be watchmen of the kind who gaze toward heaven, waiting for Our Lord.

    The Indivuduality of the Soul

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 5:09


    St. John Henry reflects on the uniqueness of the soul of each human created by God, and on doctrine of judgment after death.

    Idea of a University Discourse 6 Part 1: "Intellectual Perfection"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 6:01


    The State of Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 5:34


    The hope of heaven is in looking.

    Angelic Guidance St. John Henry Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 3:49


    John Henry Newman reminds us that God gives us angels not only to protect us from evil but to guide us to heaven.

    Idea of a University Discourse 5: A "Philosophic Habit of Mind"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 4:58


    Reliance on Religious Observances

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 4:42


    John Henry Newman warns against the danger of self-righteousness, and its converse: shunning religious practices that might lead to self-conceit. 

    Acceptance of Religious Privileges Compulsory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2021 4:46


    God requires much from us; don't shrink back, but go on with the courage of one who knows "If God be for me, who can be against me?"

    Catholic or Common Core? Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 6:34


    Moral Consequences of Single Sins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 5:54


    The world God made has a natural law of cause and effect built into it. One act of love really benefits the whole of creation, and one sin harms the same whole. On the individual level, our personal sins, as well as our acts of love, mold our character moment by moment.

    Catholic or Common Core? Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 5:21


    Obedience without Love, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2021 5:20


    Unlike Balaam, our obedience to God should be borne out of the desire to not offend a Good Father, but to please Him out of love.

    Obedience Without Love, Part I

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 3:53


    Obedience to God should not be merely dutiful. John H. Newman explains that this is one of the lessons we can learn from the history of Balaam.

    Mary's Month

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2021 4:49


    The Strictness of the Law of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 5:19


    “In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.”

    Faith, the Title for Justification

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 5:12


    The joy of Easter will make us bold witnesses to the miracle of God’s forgiveness, but love will spur us to learn more about the truth and to exhaust every means of becoming an effective evangelist.

    Newman's Defense of the Classics

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 7:43


    The Two Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 2:22


    The best of this world is but a shadow of things to come.

    Religious Worship a Remedy for Excitements

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 6:09


    Are your passions leading you astray? Prayer and praise can bring you back.

    Liberalism by St. John Henry Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 5:31


    Newman warned his Anglican bretheren of liberalism, taking the brighter side of the Gospel and neglecting the darker view of man's condition.

    Daily Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 6:09


    John Henry Newman suggest that we think of the worship of God foremost as a privilege even though it is a duty.

    Infant Baptism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 4:21


    Why do Catholics baptize infants?

    Regenerating Baptism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 6:52


    _Our Future_ St. John Henry Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 4:03


    In a short poem titled "Our Future," St. John Henry Newman tells us how we should approach the future: by faith, which is impossible without grace.

    Christmas without Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2020 3:21


    In the Verses Christmas without Christ, John Henry Newman reminds that Christ is the only source of true joy.

    The Gift of the Spirit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 4:00


    When we live in the Spirit, we are able to put the ordinary circumstances of our days in their proper context.

    "Contest Between Truth and Falsehood in the Church" Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 6:29


    Contest Between Good and Evil in the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 5:44


    The Humiliation of the Eternal Son

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 6:05


    We repeat the mystery of the Incarnation every Sunday at Mass, but do we let ourselves be moved by it?

    Bodily Suffering, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 4:59


    Newman explains how the Gospel sheds light upon human suffering, teaching us that Christ turned punishment into a privilege, even bodily pain.

    Jeroboam

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 5:15


    Newman explains King Jeroboam's disobedience and idolatry, and invites the Church to true worship, and a patient trusting in the Holy Spirit.

    Saul

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 4:54


    Saul had many gifts, but lacked the one necessary thing: fear of God. We also need it if we want to maintain our peace and trust in God.

    On the Memorial of St. John Henry Newman

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 5:32


    St. John Henry Newman was declared a saint of the Catholic Church by Pope Francis on October 13, 2020. His feast day is celebrated liturgically on October 9.

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