St. John Henry Newman—Keeping Fast and Festival
By James T. Majewski ( bio - articles - email ) | Apr 20, 2020 | In Catholic Culture Audiobooks (Podcast)
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“None rejoice in Easter-tide less than those who have not grieved in Lent.”
Happy Easter!
With today’s reading, we round out the trilogy of Newman readings we began on Palm Sunday, continued through Good Friday, and now conclude for Easter.
In this sermon which he originally preached on Easter Day, Newman likens Christian joy at Easter to that of sick people in convalescence—a particularly charged metaphor today. He speaks also of the unassuming yet undeniable power of the Church’s precepts and ordinances—another theme especially worth considering when, in so many places throughout the world, public liturgies have been suspended.
All in all, there’s much here to help us begin this Easter season during an uncertain and extraordinary time.
Keeping Fast and Festival full text: http://www.newmanreader.org/works/parochial/volume4/sermon23.html
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James T. Majewski is Director of Customer Relations for CatholicCulture.org, the “voice” of Catholic Culture Audiobooks, and co-host of Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. Based in New York City, he holds both a BA in Philosophy and an MFA in Acting. See full bio.
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