Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman

The unity God desires for his Church he models in his divinity and his humanity.

Jesus is, in the words of the Apocalypse, the Captain of God's hosts or Lord of Armies. He leads us in our spiritual combat against the forces of evil.

Faith is not only necessary for reaching God, this gift is the first step toward him.

It is an awful thought to think that God rejects those who reject him, but the truth is that in mercy he invites us to repent.

By fasting we imitate Christ's self-denial, and grow in love for him. And with faith and humility we overcome the temptations of the devil.

Jesus the Son of David, descended from King David to whom God had promised a descendant who would reign forever.

Jesus is the Lamb of God prefigured in the Jewish passover lamb, and later by the prophet Isaiah as the One who was wounded for our sins.

The following is a summary of John Henry Newman's famous poem on Last Things and God's mercy.

At last Gerontius’ soul traverses the threshold of God’s throne.

The soul sees Christ's suffering and feels great sorrow.

The Dream of Gerontius reaches its high point with choirs of angels singing the praise of God and recounting the history of salvation.

The angel explains to the soul of Gerontius that the very sight of God will gladden the just soul immensely while it purifies it.

Demons tempt the human soul but they are impotent in causing it to do evil. The soul must endure these temptations and repeatedly turn to God.

In the dialogue between the soul and the angel we learn about the particular judgment and how to prepare to meet Christ by living as God's children.

Each guardian angel created ages ago by God has been given a human being to care for and to guide on his way to heaven.