The word piety has a negative connotation for many people today. The word is associated with people who are only outwardly righteous, overly-religious or even pharisaical. That’s a shame, because piety is really about living as a child of God, and children are normally guileless.

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The gift of understanding allows to perceive created things not only in themselves, but as reflections of divine reality.

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The Holy Spirit conferred on John Henry Newman the gifts of fortitude, counsel, and wisdom.

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Our joy in May has nothing to do with approaching warm weather or any physical reason. Rather, this month, which always shares a part in the Easter season, is a season for feasting.

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As the Church prepares for Pentecost, how can we renew our relationship with the Holy Spirit? How is the Holy Spirit calling us deeper into a relationship with the Church, that we, under his guidance can accomplish his purposes?

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St. John Henry Newman teaches about a steadfast faith, which is a lived faith, reflected by the Truth living within.

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St. John Henry Newman comments on the personal and social dimensions of the Church.

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The Kingdom of God grows not “... from without, but by an inward power; not subduing the outward man through the senses, but touching the secret heart.”

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For Newman, our body's destiny is revealed through the Resurrection.

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“Give your hearts to Him, and you will for yourselves solve the difficulty, how Christians can be sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.”

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