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"God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another."

One of the prayers most commonly associated with St. John Henry Newman comes directly from this excerpt of St. Newman's Meditations and Devotions, entitled Hope in God, Creator. It was written less than two years after his conversion to Catholicism.

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Full text: www.newmanreader.org/works/meditations/meditations9.html

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"Artists are constantly in search of the hidden meaning of things, and their torment is to succeed in expressing the world of the ineffable. How then can we fail to see what a great source of inspiration is offered by that kind of homeland of the soul that is religion?"

Today, in honor of the feast of St. John Paul II, we take a brief departure from Newman and the Fathers to bring you his Letter to Artists.

Karol Wojtyla, as he was known prior to his election to the papacy, was an artist himself. A poet, a playwright, and an actor who co-founded and performed with one of the most important Polish theater troupes of the last century, Wojtyla left behind an artistic legacy often overlooked for his many contributions elsewhere.

With Letter to Artists, however, it seems clear that St. John Paul remained an artist at heart his whole life.

Slightly abridged.

Full text: https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists.html

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The Letter to the Romans is perhaps the most well-known of St. Ignatius' letters, and the most striking. In it, St. Ignatius implores the Church at Rome not to intervene in his impending execution.

Translation courtesy of Catholic University of America Press: https://www.hfsbooks.com/books/the-apostolic-fathers-walsh-grimm-marique/

Alternate Translation at CatholicCulture.org: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/fathers/view.cfm?recnum=1631

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"It requires nothing great, nothing heroic, nothing saint-like... it requires nothing more than faith, a single purpose, an honest heart, and a distinct utterance."

This sermon was first preached at the opening of the Birmingham Oratory in 1849. It is found in one of Newman's earliest publications after his conversion, a volume entitled Discourses to Mixed Congregations.

"The Salvation of the Hearer the Motive of the Preacher" full text: http://www.newmanreader.org/works/discourses/discourse1.html

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Welcome to Catholic Culture Audiobooks, a brand new podcast and production of CatholicCulture.org, bringing you professionally-produced audio recordings of great Catholic literature from throughout the centuries! Starting with the Church Fathers and St. John Henry Newman. Read by James T. Majewski.

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