True consolation comes from the knowledge that Christ is ever with us.

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Have we thought about our own death recently? If not, Blessed Newman's sermon "The Lapse of Time" may be the wake up call we need to hear.

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No one likes to think about his own death. But with sober reflection on it, we may learn how to live.

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For Newman, God wishes to transform us so that the “the beauty of holiness” may shine through us to others.

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Newman reminds us of the power of the Cross which opens us to the invisible world and God's grace.

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Why do some fall in the face of doubt while others persist? In Part 2 of this series we learn of the confidence that comes from inward belief.

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We can know the truth, but how do we come to know it? Why do some find the truth and others don't?

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In the poem “Solitude,” John Henry Newman reminds us of the importance of silent time alone with God.

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These verses are the expression of Newman’s desire to live and die at Oxford, in the simplicity of the life of a scholar, caring for his students.

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Newman intrigues us with a riddle in his "Snapdragon: a Riddle for a Flower Book". Reading his poetry carefully we discover more about him as a person.

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