
Tag: Lent
Newman, Lent, and Popular Culture?
By Steven D. Aguzzi | Apr 3, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
The Cry of Repentance Versus the Bitter Cry of Reg...
By Ryan Marr | Mar 20, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
Unlearning Ourselves in Lent: Newman on Fasting
By Ryan Marr | Mar 13, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
Lent, the Season of Repentance
By Ryan Marr | Mar 6, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
Unlearning the Love of This World: Newman’s Sermons as Spiritual Reading during Lent
by Ryan Marr | Feb 25, 2020 | Newman Today, Spirituality, Theology | 0
If you are anything like me, you have on at least one occasion squandered the holy season of Lent. The Church has established such times on the liturgical calendar so that we might enter more deeply into the mysteries of Christ’s life.
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by Steven D. Aguzzi | Apr 3, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
One of the great challenges in Newman scholarship today has to do with making Newman’s work more applicable for members of the younger generations, many of whom have never been exposed to his thought and writings.
Read MoreThe Cry of Repentance Versus the Bitter Cry of Regret
by Ryan Marr | Mar 20, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
It’s easy to read this account from Scripture and to cast aspersions on Esau. “How could he have been so foolish?” we wonder. “I’d never act that rashly,” we tell ourselves. Yet how often in our own lives do we make a similar, yet graver mistake by squandering the gifts of God—in our case, the graces that we receive through the sacraments—in exchange for some lesser good?
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by Ryan Marr | Mar 13, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
For Newman, the disciplines of Lent—in this case, fasting—are a way for the Christian to participate mystically in the life of Christ. By intensifying our self-denial for these forty days of Lent, we come to know, in part, what Christ experienced in full measure:
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by Ryan Marr | Mar 6, 2019 | Spirituality, Theology | 0
In reading Newman’s letters and diaries, it’s clear that he knew of divine mercy not as an abstract theological idea, but at a deeply personal level as a core part of his spiritual journey. Because he himself had experienced the grace of God in many profound ways, Newman was eager to encourage others to cast themselves before the mercy seat.
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