The truth had more value than security and prestige.  He stressed a life of virtue.  His life would emphasize that both the habits of knowledge, along with  the habits of  virtue, lead to the birth of the habit of right judgement in our lives.  Boy now there is the key isn’t it.  We can have knowledge…we can have virtue…but are the two truly united, “married” so to speak, to bring about in our hearts and our minds, right judgement.  Look around the world today, is there the practice of  “right judgement’?  Sound complicated? Not really, it’s at the heart of true and proper discernment.  And that’s why Blessed John Henry Newman is a vital saint for today’s world.

One of the best books I’ve ever read on the teachings of Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman was “Progressive Illumination”.  And one my favorite discussions on his life was with Fr. Edward Ondrako OFM Conv.  What’s great about Fr. Ondrako is that not only thinks “Newman”, he prays “Newman.  And he shows us how it brings us all to the heart of Christ.

Take a listen to the conversation Bruce and I had with Fr. Ondrako on the Spirit Morning Show

 

 

A wonderful book on Blessed John Henry Newman is “Progressive Illumination” by Fr. Ondrako