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St. John Henry Newman: A Chronology 1801 Eldest of six, John Henry Newman born to John Newman and Jemima Fourdrinier, 21 February, in London, England 1816 Newman reports in his Apologia (1864) that at the age of 15 he experienced a profound religious conversion 1817 Newman enters University at Trinity College, Oxford 1822 Elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford 1825 Ordained a priest in the Anglican Church, 29 May. Spends the first two years as a curate at St. Clement’s, Oxford 1828 Begins to move from Evangelicalism toward High Church Anglicanism and to interact with colleagues who would form the “Oxford Movement” to reform the Anglican faith 1833 Publishes Arians of the Fourth Century; start of the Oxford Movement 1841 Publishes Tract 90, a series of critiques of the Anglican Church, attracting fierce opposition and tension within the Oxford Movement 1843 Resigns from post as Vicar of University Church, St. Mary’s, where he had given many of his Oxford Sermons 1845 Following a retreat in Littlemore, Newman converts to Catholicism 1847 Ordained a Catholic priest in Rome; joins the Oratory of St. Philip Neri 1848 Returns to England; establishes the Congregation of the Oratory outside of Birmingham 1852 In Dublin, Newman delivers the first set of discourses that will make up part of his influential work The Idea of a University 1854 Catholic University of Ireland opens its doors on St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, with Newman as its inaugural rector 1856 Our Lady Seat of Wisdom, University Church, is dedicated by Newman 1858 Newman departs Dublin for Birmingham and formally resigns the Rectorship of the Catholic University 1864 Responding to critics, publishes his famous Apologia Pro Vita Sua 1870 Publishes his most influential work of philosophy, An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent 1879 Pope Leo XIII elevates Newman to the rank of Cardinal 1890 After spending his latter years in Birmingham, Newman passes of pneumonia 2010 Pope Benedict XVI beatifies John Cardinal Newman in Birmingham 2019 Newman is canonised by Pope Francis, 13 October, in Rome Foreword “…here we are but on pilgrimage, and Christ is calling us home.” Saint John Henry Newman, Parochial & Plain Sermons Welcome! On behalf of The Irish Catholic and the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith & Reason, allow me to express our gratitude and delight that you are able to join us for this amazing opportunity to pilgrimage to Rome, where John Henry Newman himself once travelled, where he was ordained a Catholic priest, and where this Sun- day he will be canonised. We who have been blessed by the legacy of his preaching, teaching, and leadership in founding a university and building a church for it are now privileged to journey together to celebrate his recognition by the universal Church, led by our Holy Father Pope Francis. Newman’s letters tell us that in October 1846 he arrived in Rome to a hotel that was “a palace of filth” and a city that initially struck him as dirty and threatening. We trust that our journey will be easier and more pleasant all around! Travel can indeed be inconvenient and stressful, however; we may struggle with language or the lack of the familiar surroundings of home. Let’s be patient with ourselves and one another therefore and try to be detached from things that matter less in order to be open to the graces God has in store for us. In this booklet you’ll find resources to shape and deepen our pilgrimage: the first words by the Church on John Henry Newman’s saintly life (Decree, 1991); words of Newman from his own writings; prayers and hymns for our liturgies; space for personal reflection. Together we will visit some places of remarkable beauty and history. We bring with us needs and hopes and prayers for ourselves and our loved ones, and we trust that we are being led in the Spirit to encounter the Lord Jesus in unique and privileged ways: in prayer and sacrament, in His assembled people, and Rome’s gran- deur—natural, historical, architectural and artistic. We make this pilgrimage to the heart of the “Church visible” to celebrate Newman’s presence in the Church invisible, “hidden with Christ in God,” as St. Paul put it. Newman said this about the Church invisible when preaching on the Communion of Saints, whose number he now joins: “Such is the City of God, the Holy Church Catholic throughout the world, manifested in and acting through what is called in each country the Church visible; which visible Church really depends solely on it, on the invisible,—not on civil power, not on princ- es or any child of man, not on its endowments, not on its numbers, not on any thing that is seen, unless indeed heaven can depend on earth, eternity on time, Angels on men, the dead on the living. The unseen world through God’s secret power and mercy, encroaches upon this world; and the Church that is seen is just that portion of it by which it encroaches; and thus though the visible Churches of the Saints in this world seem rare, and scattered to and fro, like islands in the sea, they are in truth but the tops of the everlasting hills, high and vast and deeply rooted, which a deluge covers.” (from Parochial & Plain Sermons) May this pilgrimage to the earthly eternal city lift our minds to the heavenly one and draw us more closely to the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Rev. William R. Dailey, c.s.c. Director, Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith & Reason 2 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Settings of the Mass

TheMass of Peace: Alleluia Seóirse Bodley 3 & b 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ Alœ - le - lu - ia, al - le - luœ - U & b ˙. ˙ œ ˙ ia,˙. al - - - le - lu œ - ia.

TheMass of Peace: Holy Seóirse Bodley 3 & b 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙. ˙ œ ˙. Ho - ly, Ho - ly, Ho - lyœ Lord˙. God of œ hosts.

j ˙ & b œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Hea - ven and earth are full of your glo-ry. Ho œ-

j ˙ & b œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ san - na in theœ highœ - est.˙ Bless - ed is he who U & b œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ comes in the name of theœ Lord. Hoœ - san-na in theœ highœ -est.˙

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 3 TheMass of Peace: Mystery of Faith Seóirse Bodley

3 j ˙ & b 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ. œ œ œ œ œ We pro - claim your Death, Oœ Lord,˙. and pro - fess your

& b ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Res - ur - rec-tion un œ - til you come œa - gain.˙.

TheMass of Peace: Amen Seóirse Bodley

3 & b 4 ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ˙. ˙ œ ˙. A - men. A œ- men.˙. A - men. A œ- men.

TheMass of Peace: Lamb of God Seóirse Bodley

4 . j j j j j œ œ œ œ & 4 . œ œ œ j œ œ œ J œ œ Lamb of God, youœ take a - way the sins of theJ world, have U . j j j j j œ & bœ œ œ œ . œ œ œ j œ œ œ mer - cy on us. Lamb of God, youœ take a - way the U œ œ ˙ j j & J œ bœ œ œ œ sins of theJ world, grant us peace.

4 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome TheMass for Our Lady: Gloria Steven C. Warner and Karen Kirner

b 4 j & b b 4 œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Glo-ryœ toœ God in theœ highœ - est, and on earth peace, b j j & b b œ. œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ‰ œ œ. œ peace toJ peo-ple of goodœ will, We praise you,œ weœ b j j 2 4 & b b œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ 4 œ œ œ 4 bless you, we a - dore you, we glo-ri - fy b 4 œ bœ. œ œ & b b 4 ˙ ‰ œ œ J œ œ œ œ ˙ œ you, weJ give you thanks for your great glo - ry, Lord b b˙ œ j & b b œ œ ˙. œ. œ œ œ œ Œ God heav-en-ly King, Oœ God, al - might -y Faœ - ther.˙ Choir (and assembly): Lord, Jesus Christ, only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us... b & b b œ œ. j œ œ œ œ ˙ œ. j œ œ For you œa - lone are theœ Hoœ - ly One, You œa - lone are theœ b j b>œ >œ & b b ˙. Œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Lord, You a - lone are the Most High, Je - sus b & b b ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Christ withœ the Ho - lyœ Spir-it, in the glo - ry of b U & b b œ œ œ œ ˙ œ w God the œ Fa-ther, A - men.˙. Aœ - men.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 5 TheMass for Our Lady: Alleluia Steven C. Warner and Karen Kirner

bb 4 j œ œ œ œ œ w & b 4 œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. J œ Al - le-lu - ia, Al - le - lu - ia, Al - le-lu - ia! b b b j œ œ œ œ œ & œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. J œ œ w Al - le-lu - ia, Al - le - lu - ia, Al - le-lu - ia!

TheMass for Our Lady: Holy Steven C. Warner and Karen Kirner

b 4 j ˙ Œ & b b 4 œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. Ho - ly, Ho- ly Ho - ly, Lord God of hosts. bb j j œ œ œ œ ˙ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. J œ Heav-en and earth are full of your glo - ry. b œ bœ. œ œ j & b b œ J œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ Ho - san-na in the high-est. Ho - san-na in the high-est. b j j œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ Bless - ed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. U bb œ œ bœ. œ œ œ œ œ Œ j & b J œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙. Ho - san - na in the high - est. Ho - san - na in the high - est.

6 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome TheMass for Our Lady: Mystery of Faith Steven C. Warner and Karen Kirner A: b 2 j & b b 4 œ. j œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ œ œ œ. œ We proœ -claim your Deathœ O Lord, and pro -fess your b j & b b œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ Re - sur - rec - tion un - til you come˙ ˙a - gain.˙ B: b 4 & b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ When we eat thisœ Breadœ and drink thisœ Cup,œ we pro - b j j & b b œ. œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ claim your Death, Oœ Lord un-til you come˙ ˙a - gain.w C: b 4 j j & b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ. œ Saveœ us, Sav-iour ofœ the world, for by your Cross and b & b b œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ Re - sur - rec - tion, you have set˙ us˙ free.˙ TheMass for Our Lady: Amen Steven C. Warner and Karen Kirner

bb 4 ˙ œ. œ Œ & b 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ J œ œ ˙. A - men, A - men, A - - - men. b b b ˙ ˙ œ. œ œ Œ & œ œ œ œ J œ œ ˙. A - men, A - men, A - - - men.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 7 The Lord's Prayer TheFromMass Mass for for Our Our Lady Lady: The Lord’s Prayer StevenSteven C. C. Warner Warner 4 & 4 ˙ Œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙. Œ ˙ œ œ Our˙ Fa˙ - ther, who artœ in heav - en, hal - low - ed

& ˙. ˙ Œ ˙ Œ œ œ be Thyœ name.˙ Thyœ kingœ - domœ come,˙ Thy willœ be

& ˙ ˙ ˙. œ ˙ œ œ ˙. ˙ done, on earth as it is inœ heav˙ - en.

& Œ œ œ œ w Œ œ œ œ w Ó œ œ Give us this day, our dail - y bread, and for - Œ & ˙ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ give us our tres - pass - es,w Asœ weœ forœ - give˙ those 3 j & Œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ Œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ. œ who tres - passœ a - gainst us, and lead us not in -

& ˙ Ó œ œ œ toœ tempœ - ta˙ - tion, butœ de - liv - er usœ fromœ ˙e ˙- vil.w

Priest: "Deliver us, Lord.... Saviour, Jesus Christ." 3

& Ó j ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Ó ˙ ˙. Œ Forœ. theœ king˙ -dom, the pow'r andœ the glo-ry are yours, Ó & ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ now andœ forœ ev˙ - er, now andœ forœ ev˙ ˙- er.w

copyright © 1980, 1993, 2011 World Library Publications, the music and liturgy divison of J. S. Paluch Company, Franklin Park, IL All rights reserved. 8 For more informationThe about Newman the Mass for Canonisation: Our Lady, visit SingtheNewMass.com A Pilgrimage to Rome TheMass for Our Lady: Lamb of God Steven C. Warner and Karen Kirner All: 3 . 4 j & 4 . œ 4 œ œ ‰ œ œ œ. œ Agœ - nusœ De - œi, Lambœ of God, youœ take a - way the j 3 & œ œ j ∑ . 4 sins of theœ world,˙. haveœ merœ - cyœ onœ us.˙ All: 3 4 & 4 œ 4 œ œ ‰ œ œ œ Agœ - nusœ De - œi, Lambœ of God, you take a - œ & œ œ œ œ œ ∑ way the sins of theœ world,˙. Oœ grant œ usœ œ peace.˙

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 9 TheMass of Our Lady of Lourdes: Gloria in Excelsis Deo Jean-Paul Lécot

## 4 j j & 4 œ. œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ Glo - riœ -a!˙ Glo - ri-a, in ex - cel - sis De - o.˙ ## j j œ ˙ ˙ & œ. œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ Glo - riœ -a!˙ Glo - ri-a, in ex - cel - sis De - o.

1. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God almighty Father.

2. Lord Jesus Christ, only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

3. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord. You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

10 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Penitential Act: Kyrie Séan Ó Riada j & œ œ. œ œ. œ œ Œ. . A Thiar - na,œ déan tró - cai - re. j j & œ œ œ œ. œ œ Œ. . A Chríost, déan tró - cai - re. j & œ œ. œ œ. œ œ Œ. . A Thiar - na,œ déan tró - cai - re.

The Celtic Alleluia Fintan O’Carroll # ## 6 j œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ & 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. Al - le J- lu - ia Al J- le - lu - ia, # ## j œ œ. œ œ. œ œ œ. œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. Al - le J- lu - ia, Al J- le - lu - ia!

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 11 Seinn Alleluia traditional Irish, arr. scw b b bb 4 . œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ Seinn al - le - lu - ia!. Seinn œ œ œ ? 4 . œ œ ˙œ œ ˙œ ˙ œ œ bbbb 4 . œ . b b bb œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ. œ œ ˙ œ œ al - le - lu - J ia! Seinn al - le - lu, seinn œ œ œ œ œ ? b œ œ ˙œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b bb ˙.

bbbb œ œ . & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙. . al - le - lu, seinn al - le - lu - ia!˙. œ ˙ ? œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙œ ˙ bbbb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . .

Trilingual Intercessions Michael Hay b b j j & b b c ˙ œ œ w œ œ œ œ œ w ˙ œ œ w nœ œ œ œ œ w Lord, hear our prayer; DeJ - us, exJ - au - di nos; b b j j & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ w Se - ñor, es - cú - cha - nos.w

12 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Morning Prayer

Morning Has Broken Tune: Bunessan; Text: Eleanor Farjeon . &49 œ ˙. ˙ œ œ œ 1. Mornœ - ingœ has bro - ken, like the first 2. Sweet the rain's new fall sun - lit from 3. Mine is the sun - light! Mine is the

& ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. œ morn - ing, Black-œ birdœ hasœ spo - ken, like theœ firstœ hea - ven, Like the first dew - fall on the first morn - ing Born of the one light E-den saw

& œ œ ˙. ˙. œ bird.w. Praise forœ the sing - ing! Praise forœ theœ grass. Praise for the sweet - ness Of the wet play! Praise with e-la - tion, Praise ev - 'ry

& ˙. ˙. morn˙. - ing!˙. Praiseœ forœ themœ spring - ing Freshœ fromœ theœ Word.w. gar - den, Sprung in com - plete - ness Where his feet pass. morn - ing, God's re - cre - a-tion Of the new day!

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 13 As Daylight Gilds Text: Steven C. Warner

b œ & b b ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ 1. As day - light gilds the morn - ing sky, 2. The dark is con - quered, light now reigns! 3. Praise to our God, who made the day! b & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ As breaks the light on dawn - ing day And put to rest, our fears of night. Praise to the Son, whose splen - dor shines!

bb ‰ œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ To God we turn a - wak - 'ning eyes The world a - wak - ens, hearts ac - claim Praise to the Spir - it, with them, one,

b œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ And ask a bless - ing on our way. The pro - mise of your bless - ed light. Praise now, un - til the end of time.

14 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Psalm 62/63: As Morning Breaks Jan Michael Joncas # ## & # 4 ‰ œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ As morn-ing breaks I look to you; I look to # ## & # œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ you, O Lord, to be my strength this day, as morn - ing # # # # . Œ & ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ breaks, as morn - ing breaks

1. O God, you are my God, for you I long; 2. For your love is better than life, for you my soul is thirsting. my lips will speak your praise. My body pines for you like a dry, So I will bless you all my life, weary land without water. in your name I will lift up my hands. So I gaze on you in your holy place My soul shall be filled as with a banquet, to see your strength and your glory. my mouth shall praise you with joy.

Psalm 89/90: May the Love of God Fill Us Steven C. Warner b 2 & b b c œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 œ œ c ˙œ. œ Mayœ the love of God fill us all our days, let us b œ & b b œ. J œ œ œ œ sing for joy as morn-ing fillsœ œ theœ sky.˙.

1. O Lord, you have been our refuge 2. Fill us, O Lord, with your love from one age to the next. Before the birth as the promise of dawn is fulfilled. Give joy of the mountains, before the world came to be, to soften our sorrows, to soothe our years you are God, forevermore. of pain. Lord, prosper the work of our hands!

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 15 Canticle of Zachary Tune: Forest Green; Text: M. D. Ridge, arr. Jan Michael Joncas

4 œ & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Nowœ + bless the God of Is - ra - el, Who 2. Re - mem - ber - ing the cov - e-nant, God 3. In ten - der mer - cy, God will send The

& b œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ comes in love and pow'r. Whoœ rais - es from the res - cues us from fear. That we might serve in day - spring from on high. Our ri - sing sun, the œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙œ. œ roy - al house De - li - v'rance in this hour. Through ho - li - ness And peace from year to year. And light of life For those who sit and sigh. God œ & b œ. J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ho - ly pro - phets God has sworn œTo you, my child shall go be - fore To comes to guide our way to peace, That

& b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ free us from a-larm,˙. Toœ save us from the preach, to pro - phe - sy, That all may know the death shall reign no more. Sing prais - es to the œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. heav - y hand Of all who wish us harm. ten - der love, The grace of God most high. Ho - ly One, O wor - ship and a-dore!

16 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Evening Prayer

Day Is Done Tune: Ar Hyd Y Nos; Text: James Quinn, S.J.

b c j j j & œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ w 1. Day is doneœ but Love un - fail - ing,œ dwells˙ ev - er here; 2. Dark de-scends, but light un - end - ing, shines through the night. 3. Eyes will close, but you un - sleep - ing watch by our side;

b j j j & œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ w Shad - ows fallœ but hope pre - vail - ingœ calms˙ ev' - ry fear. You are with us ev - er lend - ing new strength to sight. Death may come – in love's safe keep - ing, still we a - bide.

œ œ œ j & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ Lov-ing Fa-ther, none for - sak-ing, take our hearts of Love's own mak-ing, One in love your truth con-fess-ing, one in hope of heav-en's bless-ing. God of love all e - vil quell-ing, sin for - giv - ing, fear dis - pell - ing,

j j j & b œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ w Watch our sleepœ -ing, guard our wak - ing,œ be˙ al - ways near. May we see in love's pos - sess - ing, Love's end - less light! Stay with us our hearts in - dwell - ing, this ev - en - tide.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 17 God of Day and God of Darkness Tune: Beach Spring; Text: Marty Haugen

3 & b 2 œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. God of day and God of dark - ness,˙ Now we 2. Still the na - tions curse the dark - ness, Still the 3. Praise to you in day and dark - ness, You our

& b œ w œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ stand˙ be˙ - foreœ the night. As the sha - dows stretch and rich op - press the poor; Still the earth is bruised and source, and you our end; Praise to you who love and

& b œ œ œ œ œ w œ œ deep - en,˙ Come and make˙ our˙ darkœ - ness bright. All cre - bro - ken By the ones who still want more. Come and nur-ture us As a fa - ther, moth - er, friend. Grant us ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ & b ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ a - tion still is groan - ing For the dawn - ing of your wake us from our sleep - ing, So our hearts can - not ig - all a peace - ful rest - ing, Let each mind and bod - y œ & b œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ might,w When the Sun of peace and jus - tice˙ nore, All your peo - ple lost and bro - ken, mend, So we rise re - fresh'd to - mor - row,

& b œ œ œ w. w Fills the earth˙ with˙ raœ - diant light. All your chil - dren at our door. Hearts re - newed to king - dom tend.

18 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Psalm 17/18: Mo Ghrá Thú A Thiarna I love you, O Lord Liam Lawton

& 43 œ œ œ œ. œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ Mo ghrá thú Ja Thiar - na, mo neart

˙ œ œ & œ œ œ œ ˙. œ Œ thú,˙ œmoœ ghrá thú a Thiar - na.

1. Mo Dhia thú mo charraig, 1. You are my God, my rock is mo dhí dean; mo sciath, my shelter, my shield, adharc mo shlánaithe, mo dhún. arc of my salvation, my strength. Glaoim ar an Tiarna dar dleacht moladh I implore the Lord worthy of all praise agus déantar mo shaoradh and I hope to see myself ó mo naimhde. safe from my enemies. 2. Go maire an Tiarna! 2. May the Lord prosper! Is é mo charraig é! He is my rock! Go raibh Dia mo Shlánaitheoir á mhóradh. May God be adored, my Saviour. Thug sé caithréimeanna dá Rí He gave victory to the two kings agus nocht sé a ghrá dá Ungthach. and showed his love to his anointed.

Psalm 50/51: The Sacrifice You Accept Michael Joncas # c œ. œ œ œ & œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ The sac - ri - fice you ac - cept, O God, is a # & œ œ œ œ œ ˙ hum - - - - - ble spir - it. 1. Create in me a pure heart, O God, 2. Deliver me from death, O God my Saviour, and renew a right spirit within me. that my tongue may sing of your justice. Cast me not away from your presence, O Lord, open my lips, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. 3. You have no delight in sacrifices; a burnt offering from me would not please you. The sacrifice you accept is a humble spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not reject.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 19 Psalm 140/141: My Prayers Rise Like Incense Jan Michael Joncas 6 j œ œ j j ‰ j & 8 œ œ. J œ œ œ œ My pray'rs rise like in - cense, my U j j j j j j & œ œ œ œ œ j œ œ œ œ hands like the eve - ningœ of - fer - ing.

1. I call to you, Lord; help me now! 2. Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, Listen to me, O Lord, I am invoking you. a sentry at the door of my lips. Let my prayer rise like incense before you, Save me from all wicked deeds and desires. my uplifted hands like an evening oblation. I will not feast with sinners. 3. Lord God, I look to you for help; 4. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, in you I take refuge; spare my life. and to the Holy Spirit: Keep me from the traps they have set for me, as it was in the beginning, is now, save me from the snares of those who do evil. and will be forever. Amen.

20 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Magnificat: My Soul Now Magnifies the Lord Tune: Colleen, Steven C. Warner; Text: David Scheidler, c.s.c. based on the Gospel of Luke 1: 46-55

4 & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Myœ soulœ now mag - ni - fies the Lord,œ Reœ œ- 2. God shows the pow - er of his arm And 3. Praise God the Fa - ther Might - y One, Praise

& b œ. j œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ joic - ingœ in my God, Who œ smilesœ up - on my strews the haugh - ty proud. He casts the might - y Je - sus Christ his Son. Praise the Ho - ly Spir - it j ˙ & b œ œ œ. œ œ œ . low - li - ness,œ Myœ œ name, all na - tions laud. from their thrones, Up - lifts the hum - bly bowed. font of love: For - ev - er Three - in - One. œ. œ œ & b œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ The Might - y One has done great things, And The hun - gry poor now have their fill, The The God who is, and ev - er was, And

& b œ. j œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ ho - lyœ is his name, God'sœ merœ - cy shines on rich are sent a - way. The cov - e - nant with will be ev - er - more, With joy - ful voice and j & b œ œ œ. œ all who fear,œ œFromœ age to œageœ theœ same.˙. A - bra - ham Is hon - oured to this day. grate - ful hearts, Now let us all a - dore.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 21 Night Prayer

Psalm 133/134: Night Watch Howard Hughes, S.M. # 2 Œ j j j j j j œ j & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ . œ ˙ In the si - lent hours of night, bless the Lord.

1. O come, bless the Lord, 2. Lift up your hands all you who serve the Lord, to the holy place who stand in the house of the Lord, and bless the Lord in the courts of the house of our God. through the night. 3. May the Lord 4. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, bless you from Zion, and to the Holy Spirit; He who made As it was in the beginning, is now, both heaven and earth. and will be forever. Amen.

My Soul Is at Rest Jacques Berthier, based on Psalm 62/63

b c j . j & œ œ œœ œ œœ. #œ œ œ œ ˙ MyJ soul is at rest in God a - lone, j j ˙ ? œ . œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ b c J . œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ J ﬁne j U b œ. œ œ ‰ j . & œ. œ œ œ œ #œ œ œ my salJ - va - tion comes from him. (My)J . œj œ ? œ. œ œ œ œ œ j b J œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ .

22 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Canticle of Simeon Peter D. Rocca, c.s.c. Antiphon: b j j j j j & b b j œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Proœ - tect us, Lord, as we stay a - wake;* b j j j j & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ watchœ o - ver us, as we sleep, b bœ œ œ œ j & b b œ œ J J J œ œ œ œ thatJ Ja - wake, we may keep watch with Christ, b j j & b b j j œ œ œ j andœ œa - sleep, rest in hisœ peace.œ

(Lk 2:29-32) Verses: j bbb j œ j j œ j j j & œ œ œ W J œ œ W œ œ œ œ Lord, now you let your servant / go in peace;* your / word has been ful-filled. My own eyes have seen the sal- / va - tion, which you have prepared in the sight of / ev -ry people. A light to reveal you to the / na-tions and the glory of your / peo-ple Is-ra-el. Glo- ry to the Father and / to the Son, and to the / Ho-ly Spir-it. As it was in the be-/ gin-ning, is now and will be for-/ev-er. A-men.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 23 First Irish Prayers

The Sign of the Cross In ainm an Athar agus an Mhic In the name of the Father and of the Son agus an Spioraid Naoimh. and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer Ár nAthair atá ar neamh, Our Father, who art in heaven go naofar d’ainm, hallowed be Thy name, go dtaga do ríocht, thy kingdom come, go ndéantar do thoil ar an talamh thy will be done on earth mar a dhéantar ar neamh. as it is in heaven. Ár n-arán laethúil tabhair dúinn inniu Give us this day our daily bread agus maith dúinn ár bhfiacha and forgive us our trespasses mar a mhaithimidne dár bhféichiúna féin as we forgive those who trespass against us agus ná lig sinn i gcathú, and lead us not into temptation ach saor sinn ó olc. but deliver us from evil. Amen. Amen.

The Hail Mary ‘Sé do bheatha, a Mhuire, atá lán de ghrásta, Hail Mary, full of grace, tá an Tiarna leat. the Lord is with thee. Is beannaithe thú idir mná Blessed art thou among women agus is beannaithe toradh and blessed is the fruit do bhroinne, íosa. of your womb, Jesus. A Naomh-Mhuire, a Mháthair Dé, Holy Mary, Mother of God, guigh orainn na peacaigh, pray for us sinners, now Anois agus ar uair ár mbáis. and at the hour of our death. Amen. Amen.

The Glory Be Glóir don Athair, agus don Mhac, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, agus don Spiorad Naomh; and to the Holy Spirit; Mar a bhí ar dtús, mar atá anois agus As it was in the beginning, is now and mar a bheas go brách, le saol na saol. and will be forever. Amen. Amen.

24 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Hymns and Songs Christ Be Beside Me Tune: Bunessan; Text: James Quinn, S.J. based on the Lorica (Breastplate) of Saint Patrick 9 ˙. ˙. & 4 œ œ œ œ œ 1. Christœ be be - side me, Christ be be- 2. Christ on my right hand, Christ on my 3. Christ be in all hearts Think - ing a- ˙ ˙ & . ˙. œ œ ˙. . œ œ fore me, Christœ be be - hind me, King of myœ left hand, Christ all a - round me, Shield in the bout me, Christ be on all tongues, Tell - ing of ˙. & w œ œ œ ˙. œ œ heart.. Christ be with - in me, Christ be beœ - strife. Christ in my sleep - ing, Christ in my me. Christ be the vi - sion In eyes that

& ˙ œ œ œ ˙. ˙. œ œ œ low˙. me,. Christ be a - bove me, Nev - er to part.w. sit - ting, Christ in my ris - ing, Light of my life. see me, In ears that hear me, Christ ev - er be.

Eat This Bread Jacques Berthier, based on the Gospel of John, chapter 6

# j j j j & c ˙ œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Eatœ. thisœ bread, drink this cup, come to me and nev-er be hun-gry.

# œ. œ j j j Œ & ˙ œ. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. Eat thisJ bread, drink this cup, trust in me and you will not thirst.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 25 All the Earth Lucien Deiss, C.S.S.p. Refrain: # j j j ## 6 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ j & 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ J J œ . œ œ. All the earth pro-claim the Lord; Sing yourJ praise to God. Verses: # # # j & œ. œ œ œ . 1. Serveœ youœ theœ Lord, heart filled with gladœ - ness.œ Comeœ 2. Know that the Lord is our Cre - a - tor, Yes, 3. We are the sheep of his green pas - ture, For 4. Come to the gates bring - ing thanks - giv - ing; O 5. Our Lord is good, with love en - dur - ing; God's 6. Hon - or and praise be to the Fa - ther, The

### j & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. in - to God's pres - ence sing - ing for joy! God is our Fa - ther, we are his own. we are a peo - ple cho - sen by God. en - ter the court - yards sing - ing in praise. word is a - bid - ing now with us all. Son, and the Spir - it, world with - out end.

The Song and the Silence Marty Haugen, based on the Pentecost Sequence

bbbb 4 . j ‰ j ‰ & b 4 bœ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œ Ve - ni, ve - ni, San - cte Spi - ri - tus,œ bb b . & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ . bœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ ˙ San - cte Spi - ri - tus, ve - ni.

26 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome May the Lord Support Us Tune: Steven C. Warner; Text: St. John Henry Newman, adapt. scw

## 3 . j & 4 . œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ May the Lord sup - portœ usœ all the ## & œ œ œ œ. ‰ œ œ œ œ œ days of our lives, till the eve - ning is # & # Œ Œ . hushedœ andœ still.˙. œ 1. When the shades of life lengthen, and the evening draws near, May the Lord bring us home at last. 2. When the fever of living is over and done, May the Lord give us holy rest. 3. As we walk through life’s labours, through the work of our hands, May the Lord give us peace at last. 4. Then in the great mercy of the Lord our God, May the Lord bring us safely home. (to final refrain)

Final refrain: ## 3 j & 4 œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ May the Lord sup - portœ usœ all the days of our ## & œ. ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ lives, till the shad - ows grow long,œ. asœ the eve - ningœ # U & # ‰ œ œ œ Œ comes,œ. tillœ the world isœ hushedœ andœ ˙still.. ˙.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 27 Praise to the Holiest Tune: Billing; Text: St. John Henry Newman, from The Dream of Gerontius # 3 ˙ & # 4 œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ 1. Praiseœ to the Ho - liest in theœ height, And 2. O lov - ing wis - dom of our God! When 3. O wi - sest love! that flesh and blood Which 4. And that a high - er gift than grace Should 5. O gen - 'rous love! that He who smote In 6. And in the gar - den se - cret - ly And

## œ ˙ & œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ in the depth be praise: In all His words mostœ all was sin and shame, A sec - ond Ad - am did in Ad - am fail, Should strive a - fresh a - flesh and blood re - fine, God's pre - sence and His man for man the foe, The doub - le a - go - on the cross on high, Should teach his breth - ren

## & œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ won - der - ful, Most sure inœ all˙ Hisœ ways.˙. to the fight And to the res - cue came. gainst the foe, Should strive and should pre - vail. ver - y Self And Es - sence all - div - ine. ny in man For man should un - der - go. and in - spire To suf - fer and to die.

28 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome The King of Love My Shepherd Is Tune: St. Columba

bb 3 ˙ œ & b 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ 1. The King of love my shep - herd is, whose 2. Where streams of liv - ing wa - ter flow, with 3. You spread a ta - ble in my sight, your 4. And so through all the length of days your 3 b ˙ & b b ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. ˙ œ œ ˙ œ good - ness fails me nev - er. I noth - ing lack if gen - tle care he leads me, And where the ver - dant sav - ing grace be - stow - ing; And O what trans - port good - ness fails me nev - er; Good Shep - herd, may I b & b b ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ . Œ I am his,˙ and he is mine for - ev˙ - er.˙ pas - tures grow with heav'n-ly food he feeds me. of de - light from your pure chal - ice flow - ing! sing your praise with - in your house for - ev - er.

Be Still, and Know That I Am God Steven C. Warner, based on Psalm 45/46 # # & # # c j . j ‰ j œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ Be still, and know that I am God; be # ## & # j ‰ j . œ. œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ still, and know that I am God. (Be...)

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 29 Lead, Kindly Light Tune: Steven C. Warner; Text: St. John Henry Newman, adapt. scw Refrain: # j j & c ˙ œ. œ . œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Lead, kind - ly light,˙ a - mid the gloom of eve - ning. # j j & œ. œ Œ œ. œ ˙. Œ Lord,˙ lead me on!˙. Lord,˙ lead me on! # ˙ j & ˙ œ. œ ˙. Œ œ. œ œ ˙. On through theJ night, On to your ra-diance! # j j & œ. œ Œ œ. œ w Lead,˙ kind - ly light.˙. Lead,˙ kind - ly light. 1. The nightVerses: is dark, and I am far from home, Direct# my feet; I do not ask to see the distant œscene; &One stepŒ enoughœ for me.œ So lead˙. me onwardœ Lord,. œ and hearœ my plea. 1. Theœ night is dark, and I amJ far fromœ home,w 2. Not always2. Not thus,al I seldom- ways lookedthus, for you,I sel - dom looked for you, I loved3. to So chooselong andyour seek mypow'r path alone.has Inblest spite meof fear,on my way, My pride controlled my will, remember not my past, but lead me still. 3. So long# Œ your pow’r has blest me on my way, and stillj it leads, œ w &past hill and stormœ andœ night!˙ And. withœ the morn,œ. œ thoseœ angel faces smile, Diœ - rect my feet; I do not ask to see Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. I loved to choose and seek my path a - lone. And still it leads, past hill and storm and night! Bless the Lord, My Soul # Jacques Berthier, based on Psalm 102/103 Œ œ œ œ ˙ œ. œ & . œ J œ œ w the dis j- tant scene; one step œ e - œnough for me. & b c Inœ .spite ofœ. fear,j myŒ œ prideœcon-œtrolledœ my œ will. ˙ ˙ Andœ.withœ theœ. morn,œ ˙those œ an -œgel œ fac œ- es œ smile, ˙ J œ. Jœ # Bless the Lord my soul and bless God's ho - ly name. & Œ œ œ œ Sojœ leadœ me on - ward, Lord,˙ & b œ.. œ. j Œ œ œ. œRe œ-. memœ -˙ ber œ notœ œ myœ œpast, ˙. WhichJ œ. JœI have loved long since, Bless the Lord, my soul, who leads me in - to life. # j &30 Œ œ. The Newmanœ w Canonisation: A˙ Pilgrimage. toŒ Rome andœ hear my plea. but lead me still. and lost a - while. Take Up Your Cross Tune: O Waly Waly; based on the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 16

# 3 & 2 œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ 1. Takeœ up your cross, the Sav-iourœ said,˙. Ifœ you would 2. Take up your cross, let not its weight Fill your weak 3. Take up your cross, heed not the shame, And let your 4. Take up your cross, then, in his strength, And calm - ly 5. Take up your cross, and fol -low Christ, Nor think till # . & ˙. œ œ œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ my dis - ci - ple be; Take up your cross with will - ing spir - it with a - larm; His strength shall bear your spir - it fool - ish heart be still; The Lord for you ac - cept -ed ev - 'ry dan - ger brave; It guides you to a bet - ter death to lay it down; For on - ly those who bear the # & ˙. œ œ œ ˙ heart, And hum - blyœ fol˙. - lowœ afœ - terœ me. up, And brace your heart and nerve your arm. death Up - on a cross, on Cal - v'ry's hill. home And leads to vic - t'ry o'er the grave. cross May hope to wear the glo - rious crown.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 31 Christ, Be Our Light Bernadette Farrell

Verses: # 3 & 4 œ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ 1. Longœ - ing for light, we wait inœ dark - ness.˙ Longœ - ing for 2. Long - ing for peace, our world is trou - bled. Long - ing for 3. Long - ing for food, man - y are hun - gry. Long - ing for # ˙ œ & ˙ œ œ œ . œ œ œ truth, we turn toœ you.˙ Make us your own, hope, man - y des - pair. Your word a - lone wa - ter, man - y still thirst. Make us your bread, # & œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙. ˙. your ho - ly peo - ple, lightœ for the world to see. has pow'r to save us. Make us your liv - ing voice. bro - ken for oth - ers, shared un - til all are fed. Refrain: # ˙. & ˙. ˙ œ ˙. œ œ œ Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts. # & œ œ œ ˙. ˙. ˙ œ ˙. Shine through the dark - ness.˙. Christ, be our light! # & œ œ œ . œ œ ˙. ˙. ˙ Œ Shine in your church˙ gaœ - thered to - day.

32 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Draw Near Stephen Janco, based on Sancti, venite, Christi corpus sumite Refrain: bb b 4 j & b b 4 ˙ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ. œ œ œ œ Draw near, draw near! Take the bod - y b b œ ˙ & b b b œ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ ofœ your Lord. Draw near, draw near! 2 bbbb œ œ & b œ œ œ œ ˙ Drink the blood for youœ out-poured.

Verses: 1. Draw near and take the body of your Lord, and drink the holy blood for youb outpoured:bbb œ Saved by hisœ body, and his holyj blood, with souls refreshed, we& give ourb thanks to God.œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ 1. Draw near and take the bod - y of your Lord,˙ 2. Christ, our2. Redeemer, Christ, God’sour eternalRe - deem Son, has- byer, his God'scross ande blood- ter - nal Son, the vict’ry3. won: Let He gaveus his lifeap for- proach greatest andwith for least,faith Himself- ful hearts the offering,sin - cere, and himself4. theWith Priest.heav'n - ly bread makes those who hun - ger whole, b b j b b ‰ j Confitemini. œ ˙ Domino & b œ Giveœ thanksœ toœ the œLord,œ for heœ is good.œ and drinkJacquesthe Berthier;ho - ly versesblood byfor Stevenyou C. Warner,out based- poured: on 1 Peter 2 has by his cross and blood the vic - t'ry won: # 3 and take the pledg - es of sal - va - tion here: # gives liv - ing wa - ters to the thirst - ingœ soul: & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ bb b Conœ -fi -œte-miœ- ni œ Do-miœ - noœ Quoœ -œni -œ am bo - nus.j & b b œ. œ # Saved by his bod - y and his ho - ly blood, With # He gave his life for great - est andœ œfor least, Him - & Christ,œ œ œwhoœ inœ thisœ lifeœ ˙all theœsaints deœ- fends,œ œ Gives˙. ConJudge-fi - teof- mi -theni naDo- tions,- mi - no,to whomAl - leall- lumust- bow,- Inia! 1. Lay yourb trustb upon this chosen stone: cornerstone beyond all measure! Precious& b thatb b yourœ faithœ mayœ build upon.œ Alleluia!œ œ œ œ ˙. Œ 2. Stumbling blocksouls for thosere - freshedof hollow wefaith, nowgive thisour rock isthanks our foundation.to God. Once rejected,self now ourthe cornerstone!of - f'ring Alleluia!and him - self the Priest. all be - liev - ers life that nev - er ends. 3. Out of darkness,this wegreat are calledfeast to light,of chosenlove in thisis joyouswith priesthood.us now. Called to sing the praise of God above. Alleluia!

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 33 For the Fruits of All Creation Tune: Ar Hyd Y Nos; Text: Fred Pratt Green

b c j j j & œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ w 1. For the fruitsœ of all cre - a - tion,œ Thanks˙ be to God. 2. In the just re - ward of la - bour, God's will is done. 3. For the har-vests of the Spir - it, Thanks be to God. j j j & b œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ w For the giftsœ to ev - 'ry na - tion,œ Thanks˙ be to God. In the help we give our neigh-bour, God's will is done. For the good we all in - her - it, Thanks be to God. œ œ œ j & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ For the plow-ing, sow-ing,reap-ing, Si-lent growth while we are sleep-ing, In our world-wide task of car - ing For the hun - gry and de - spair-ing, For the won-ders that as-tound us, For the truths that still con-found us, j j j & b œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ w Fu - ture needsœ in earth's safe - keep - ing,œ Thanks˙ be to God. In the har - vests we are shar - ing, God's will is done. Most of all, that love has found us, Thanks be to God.

34 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Morning Hymn Tune: Summit Hill; David Haas

# 4 & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Singœ your joy, pro - claim God's glo - ry! 2. All the earth is filled with re - joic - ing, 3. May we learn to be - come your King - dom. 4. Light our way, O God of the liv - ing, # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Riseœ and sing, the morn - ing has come! Light and life the won - der of God! May we be your kind - ness and truth! May we learn to see with new eyes! # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Bless our God, and praise all cre - a - tion; Christ has tri - umphed! Ris - en for - ev - er! Love is our call - ing, gift of your pre - sence; Je - sus the Lord, our pow - er and pro - mise; # & œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ Songœ of the earth,œ. andœ light from heav - en: Joy of our hearts, and hope of our dream - ing: Child - ren of God, and spir - it of Je - sus: Light for the blind, and food for the hun - gry: # & œ œ œ œ œ w Godœ is a - live!˙ œ Alœ - le - lu - ia! God is a - live! Al - le - lu - ia! God is a - live! Al - le - lu - ia! God is a - live! Al - le - lu - ia!

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 35 Traditional Irish Prayers At the Offertory Ag Críost an síol, ag Críost an fómhar, Christ’s is the seed, Christ’s is the harvest, In iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn. To the barn of God may we be brought. Ag Críost an mhuir, ag Críost an t-iasc, Christ’s is the sea, Christ’s is the fish, I líonta Dé go gcastar sinn. Into the nets of God may we be caught. Ó fhás go haois, Ó aois go bás, From growth to age, from age to death, Do dhá lámh, a Críost, Your two arms, O Christ, anall tharainn. around about us. Ó bhás go críoch, ní críoch ach athfhás, From death to end, not end but re-growth, I bParthas na nGrás go rabhaimíd. In the Heaven of graces may we be. @ @

Prayer for Protection An tAthair ag mo chosa, The Father at my feet, A Mhac ag mo ghlúine, The Son at my knees, An Spiorad Naomh i mo chroí, The Holy Spirit in my heart, Agus Mhuire do mo chumhdach. And Mary watching over me. @ @ Going on a Journey A Dhia, beannaigh an chéim O God, bless every step a bhfuil mé ag dul, that I am taking, beannaigh dom an chré and bless the ground atá fém’ chois. beneath my feet.

Go raibh Críost agus Muire May Christ and Mary dár dtionlaic feadh an bhóthair; go with us the length of the road; Nára turas é in aistear, May our journey not be in vain, gura tairbheach gach orlach. but may every inch of it be for our good. @ @ A Prayer before Labour Réir Dé ho ndéanam! Let us do the will of God! Beatha na Naomh go dtuilleam, Let us merit the life of the saints, Glórtha na n-aingeal go gcloiseam, Let us hear the voice of the angels, Is solas no bhFlaitheas go bhfeiceam! And see the light of heaven!

36 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Make of Our Hands a Throne Steven C. Warner, based on the Mystagogical Catechesis of St. Cyril of Jerusalem Refrain j & b c Œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ Œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ Makeœ of our hands a throne to hold theJ Bread of heav-en, j & b Œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ Œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ makeœ of our hearts a home to hold theJ ver - y wine of j & b ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ. œ ˙. Œ life. In this mys-t'ry, Lord, makeœ us one with you. Verses b Œ j & œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙ Œ Ps 33/34: 1. Taste of this good-ness! And feast atœ this ban - quet; Ps 65/66: 2. From clouds a - bove us you send down your bless-ings, Didache: 3. This bread now bro - ken, once grain up-on the hill - side,

j ˙ & b Œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ howœ blest the faith-ful who find shel - ter in God! the bread of heav-en and the wa - ters of life! YouŒ is brought to - geth - er and trans - formed in our midst. So ˙ & b œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. Look to your Mak - er, be ra - diant with glo - ry, rain down your boun - ty and kiss us with man - na, may all your peo - ple be gath - ered to - geth - er, j ˙ & b Œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. Œ for those who love the Lord are saved from their fears. bread of the an - gels for our food and our feast. from ev - 'ry land in - to the king - dom of love!

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 37 Bread for the World Bernadette Farrell # # & # c ‰ j œ œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ Breadœ for the world: Ja world of hunœ - ger.œ

### j j & ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j œ ˙ ‰ œ œ œ ˙ Wine for all peo - ples: peoœ - pleœ who thirst. May we who eat # ## j & ‰ j œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ beœ breadœ for oth - ers. May we who drink pourœ outœ our love.

# # j œ & # ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Lordœ Je-sus Christ, you are the breadœ ofœ life,œ œ broœ - ken to 2. Lord Je-sus Christ, you are the wine of peace, poured in - to 3. Lord Je-sus Christ, you call us to your feast, at which the # # & # œ œ œ œ reach andœ healœ theœ woundsœ ofœ huœ - man pain.œ œWhereœ we di - hearts once bro - ken and where dry - ness sleeps. Where we are rich and pow'r-ful have be - come the least. Where we sur- # # & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ vide your peo - ple you are wait - ing there on bend - ed tired and wear - y you are wait - ing there, to be the vive on oth - ers in our hu - man greed you walk a - ### & œ œ . knee toœ washœ ourœ feetœ withœ endœ - less care.˙ way which beck - ons us be - yond des - pair. mong us, beg - ging for your ev - 'ry need.

38 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts Steven Warner, based on 1 Corinthians 12:31 - 13:8a

Refrain 4 j j & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ Setœ your heart on the high-er gifts, onœ the thingsœ. that comeœ fromœ yourœ

& b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ ˙ Mak-er in heav-en. These three gifts areJ all that re - main:

& b œ Œ œ w ∑ faith,œ hopeœ and love,˙ andœ theœ greatœ - est isœ love. Verses & b Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 1. Ifœ œI speak with the tongues of the liv - ing, 2. And if I un - der - stand ev - 'ry mys - t'ry, 3. And if I should re - nounce all my rich - es,

& b Œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ and of an - gels,œ butœ speakœ with - outœ love, I am on - lyJ hav - ing wis - dom, but think with - out love, had I faith to feed the hun - gry, give o - ver my life; with - out love my j & b œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ w brass with - out song, an emp - ty noise on the wind. scat - ter the hills, I am no - thing at all. prof - it is loss, my car - ing finds no re - ward.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 39 Now Let Us from This Table Rise Tune: Prospect; Text: Fred Kaan

b 3 ˙ & 4 œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ 1. Now let us from this ta - ble rise, 2. With minds a - lert, up - held by grace, 3. To fill each hu - man house with love, 4. Then give us cour - age, Fa - ther God, b ˙ & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ Re - newed in bod - y, mind, and soul; To spread the word in speech and deed, It is the sac - ra - ment of care; To choose a - gain the pil - grim way, b ˙ œ œ œ. & œ œ œ J œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ With Christ we die and live a - gain, We fol - low in the steps of Christ, The work that Christ be - gan to do, And help us to ac - cept with joy b ˙ & œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙. ˙ His self - less love has made us whole. At one with all in hope and need. We hum - bly pledge our - selves to share. The chal - lenge of to - mor - row's day.

40 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Lord of All Hopefulness Tune: Slane; Text: Jan Struther; from Enlarged Songs of Praise b 3 & b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ 1. Lord of all hopeœ - fulœ - ness,œ œ Lord of all joy, 2. Lord of all ea - ger - ness, Lord of all faith, 3. Lord of all kind - li - ness, Lord of all grace, 4. Lord of all gen - tle - ness, Lord of all calm, b œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Whose trust, ev - er child - like, no cares can de - stroy, Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe, Your hands swift to wel - come, your arms to em - brace, Whose voice is con - tent - ment,whose pres - ence is balm, b œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Be there at our wak - ing, and give us,œ weœ pray,˙ Be there at our la - bours, and give us, we pray, Be there at our hom - ing, and give us, we pray, Be there at our sleep - ing, and give us, we pray, b œ Œ & b b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Yourœ bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day. Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day. Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day. Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

O Christe, Domine Jesu Jacques Berthier, based on Psalm 22/23

3 3 # # 3 . . & 4 œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œ œ œ O Chris - te, Do-mi-ne Je-su! O Chris-te Do- mi - ne Je-su! O

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 41 Calm Me, Lord Margaret Rizza

& 43 œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙. Calm me, Lord, as you calmed the storm;˙. ? 3 ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ 4 ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙.

& œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙. œ œ œ œ˙. ˙ still me, Lord,˙. keep me from harm. ˙ œ œ œ œ ? ˙ œ ˙. œ œ œ ˙. ˙. & œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ Let all the tu - mult with - in me cease; en - ? œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ To repeat ad lib. ˙ . & ˙ œ ˙. ˙ œ œ˙. œ . fold me,œ Lord,˙. in˙ yourœ peace. œ ˙ œ œ ? ˙ œ ˙. œ œ . ˙ œ ˙. ˙ œ ˙ . final: . . & ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙. Lord, en - fold me in your peace. ˙ œ ˙. ? ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙.

42 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Additional Psalms Psalm 33/34: Taste and See Tom Kendzia

3 œ & b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ Œ œ Taste and see the good-ness of the Lord. Oh,œ

& b œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ tasteœ andœ see the good - ness of the Lord.

1. I will bless the Lord at all times; 2. Let the lowly hear and be glad, his praise ever in my mouth. let us glorify his name. Let my soul glory in the Lord. Together let us praise God’s name. 3. Glorify the Lord with me, together let us praise his name; from my fears God set me free.

Psalm 39/40: Here I Am, O God Steven C. Warner #### j j & c œ. œ œ œ ˙. œ œ. œ œ œ Here I am, O God, I come to do your # ## # j & ˙. œ œ. œ œ ˙ Ó will, I come to do yourœ will.

1. I waited for the Lord, 2. A new song was put into my mouth, and my Maker bent down to hear me. a hymn of my Creator; My cry and my pray’r for the many shall see were heard in the heart of God. and trust in the Lord, our God. 3. How many, O Lord, my God, are your wonders and your designs! The marvels you work are great beyond all praise.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 43 Psalm 72: JusticePsalm Shall Flourish71/72: Justice Shall Flourish Steven C. Warner bb b 2 j j œ œ œ œ & b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ Jus - tice shall flour - ish in the time of the bbbb œ œ Œ & b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Lord, and full - ness of peace for - ev - er.

1. Justice shall blossomcopyright and flourish, © 2000 Steven C. 2.W Mayarner. the All names rights reserved. of the just live forever, and peace ‘til the moon is no more. may they blaze like the sun in its glory, May every span of the seas, every ocean, and may the people rejoice in God’s blessing, all the earth, every river sing of justice! every nation proclaim the Lord’s blessing.

Psalm 144/145: We Are Fed by the Hand of the Lord Karen Kirner and Steven C. Warner b 4 œ & b b 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ We are fed by the hand of the Lord, ev-'ry

bb j & b œ. œ œ œ œ ˙. need is anœ - swered by our God.

1. I will bless you, day after day 2. Age to age shall proclaim your works, and praise your name forever. shall declare your mighty deeds, The Lord is great, highly to be praised; Will tell of your glory and splendour, His greatness cannot be measured. and recount your wonderful works. 3. All your works shall praise you, O Lord, and all your faithful ones bless you. They shall speak of the glory of your reign and declare your mighty deeds.

44 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Words of the Church on Newman

congregatio de causis sanctorum

decretum

birminghamien

canonizationis

servi dei

Ioannis Henrici Newman

s. r. e. cardinalis

fundatoris

oratoriorum s. philippi neri in anglia

(1801 - 1890)

English Translation

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 45 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Concerning the Cause of Canonisation of the Servant of God john henry newman Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church

Founder of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in England

On the question: “Whether it is certain that he practised the theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity towards God and his neighbour, and the cardinal virtues of Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude and those connected with them, in a heroic degree, in accordance with the requirements of the investigation of this case?” ‘Everyone who is of the Truth hears my voice.’ (Jn. 18: 37)

The cultivation and love of the truth, who is Christ Himself, was like a bright- ly-burning lamp which lit the way for the Servant of God, John Henry Newman. Guided by this light in the exalted and saving knowledge of the divine mysteries, he was directed towards the perfect imitation of Jesus Christ, the supreme model of perfection, and towards the zealous service of God’s People. Born in London on February 21, 1801, the son of John Newman and Jemina Fourdrinier, he was reborn to divine life in baptism, which he received in the Church of England on April 9 of the same year. He has left his own account of those events of his youth which he dscribes as a “spiritual conversion”, addressing God thus: ‘Thou didst change my heart, and in part my whole mental complexion at that time.’ These few words embrace and sketch out the exceptional character of the life of the Servant of God, as a man intent on finding God who is Truth, and therefore as attentive to His voice. As a result of these youthful experiences he made a resolution whose principal elements were daily mental prayer and meditation on Holy Scripture, as well as careful self-examination, and penance. He remained constant in this aim even while he was an undergraduate at Oxford, and later still as a fellow of the presti- gious Oriel College. Growing ever more aware that he was called to a single life in

46 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome the service of his neighbour, he embraced celibacy with a generous spirit. He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1824, and Anglican priest in 1825; while on both occasions he became conscious of a more urgent call of service to souls. It was a call he was to put into practise throughout his life. Soon after his ordination he was entrusted with the church of St. Clement in Oxford, and showed himself unusually zealous in his parochial ministry, taking good care to visit each and every home and family. He was appointed vicar of the University Church of St. Mary the Virgin in 1828, and soon afterwards he began a serious study of the Fathers of the Church. This source of doctrine, together with his inner experiences while travelling in Sicily lead him not to choose his own way, but to all God’s Will to lead him on. Returning to England, he was now certain that God intended to entrust some divine task to him. He believed that this task was to defend the Church from “Liberalism”, which the Servant of God defined as the principle that no certain, objective truth exists in religion. It follows from this principle that one religion is as good as another; and therefore all religions should be tolerated, on the grounds that dogma is only based on opinion. From 1833 to 1845 he wrote many works in defence of the Church. In these we has so determined and vigorous that he was unavoidably plunged into con- troversy. His uprightness and consideration towards those with whom he argues were remarkable, as was his love of truth. His books, his many exchanges of letters, his sermons and his devoted pastoral care, all ensured that his spiritual influence extended far beyond the bounds of Oxford. His study of the Fathers of the Church now led him to begin to doubt the Church of England. From 1839, when this began to happen, for the next six years he constantly sought the light, not only by study, but also by prayer and fasting. During this time of questioning he suffered many anxieties; particularly the fear of causing sorrow to his family, the inability of his friends to understand, and the injustices to which he was publicly subjected. Nevertheless, he continued his line of enquiry. His study of the development of doctrine convinced him that what the followers of the Reformed Church tradition described as “Roman cor- ruptions” were rather true developments in the understanding of Revelation; and that the Catholic Church and the Church of the Fathers were one and the same. As soon as he realised that he must enter the Church, he was received into the Church of Rome by Blessed Dominic Barbieri on October 9, 1845.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 47 After his transition to the Catholic Church, John Henry Newman spent a long time in meditation, prayer and study, giving himself up entirely to seeking God’s Will. This led him to priestly ordination in Rome on May 30, 1847. Through sound spiritual discernment he chose to follow the way of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, and was given permission to found the Birmingham Oratory. There he was to spend the remainder of his life as a parish priest, thor- oughly devoted to the service of the poor. Joining the Catholic Church brought both labours and suffering; but, as he later revealed, it was the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament that was his mainstay and consolation at that time. Eager to advance the intellectual education of Catholics, he accepted the post of rector in the Catholic University of Dublin. When he and all the Roman clergy were attacked in 1864, he proved himself a faithful defender of truth, publishing in reply his famous book, the Apologia pro vita sua, or Defence of his life. As a priest fired with the desire to save souls, his vast correspondence gave light and assistance to many Catholics and non-Catholics who turned to him with their doubts and difficulties. As a faithful servant of Christ and His bride, the Church, he defended the definition of papal infallability by the First Vatican Council, in the well-known “Letter to the Duke of Norfolk.” Pope Leo XIII esteemed him so highly on account of his brilliance and learn- ing that he raised him to the rank of Cardinal in 1879. Consequently he was re- garded with honour and esteem in his own country. Nonetheless he continued to live a life of great simplicity, completely dedicated to the pastoral care of all those who sought him out at the Birmingham Oratory. When he became almost totally blind, and was therefore unable to read any longer, he would constantly pray the Rosary, which he called one of the most beautiful of all prayers. He faced his ap- proaching death with a peaceful and steadfast spirit as a good soldier of Christ, dying at Birmingham on August 11, 1890. His body was laid out in church and a great number of persons of every class and creed came to honour him, and to pay their respects to one who had been a shining example to them, as well as an exceptional pastor. John Henry Newman’s theological thought is of such stature and profundity that he is judged by many learned men to rank alongside the greatest Fathers of the Church.

48 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome But besides his intellectual achievement, his lifelong and fruitful ministry was marked by all the characteristics of a true pastor, one whose priestly charity moved him to direct his attention to the poor, whom he would help in whatever way he could. He came to the assistance of all who turned to him with their cares, as well as many of his fellow-countrymen through the land who were in need of comfort and advice. These are the two outstanding features of his religion and of his devotion. In him they are perfectly combined by reason of his unique love and affection which led him to become a man of faith and prayer. His many written works bear witness of this, particularly certain hymns and prayers which are even now a part of the spiritual and liturgical patrimony both of the Catholic Church and the Church of England. His way of life commands our admiration in its straightforwardness and fru- gality, totally founded on the Lord who is present in the Holy Eucharist and in the hearts of believers. He was wholly directed by the Spirit of the Lord who shaped him in the likeness of his Divine Master, meek and humble of heart, rich in for- giveness and gentleness towards the poor and lowly, and those in need of God’s mercy. On account of these qualities the Servant of God and his message are of great significance for our time and have enormous bearing on the modern world. His reputation for holiness, strong enough while he lived, grew yet greater after his death. Therefore the Archbishop of Birmingham inaugurated the cause for his canonisation, establishing the Ordinary Informative Process between 1958 and 1986, whose judgement was recognised by the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints on February 20, 1989. After the ‘Positio’, or Case for his holiness, had been drawn up, a meeting of the Historical Consultors was held on December 12, 1989; and a special meeting on the subject of Newman’s virtues was held on April 20, 1990, under the chairmanship of the Promoter of the Faith, the Most Reverend Antonio Petti. Then on January 8, 1991, the cardinals and bishops assembled in Ordinary Congregation declared, in response to the Case presented by His Eminence Cardi- nal Guiseppe Caprio, that the Servant of God John Henry Newman had practised the theological, cardinal, and other virtues to a heroic degree. When the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Felici, had given a correct and faithful account of this case to the Sover- eign Pontiff, Pope John Paul II, His Holiness ordered that the decision of the Con- gregation concerning the heroic virtues of the Servant of God, which he accepted and ratified, should be published.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 49 When this had been done, the Holy Father summoned the Cardinals, the Pre- fect, the Proposer of the Cause, the Secretary to the Congregation and all the others who are usually invited to attend. Then in their presence the Holy Father solemnly declared that: It is certain that the Servant of God, John Henry Newman, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Founder of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in England, had practised the theological virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity towards God and his neighbour, also the cardinal virtues of Prudence, Justice, Temperance and Fortitude and those connected with them, to a heroic degree, in accordance with the requirements of the investigation of this case. The Sovereign Pontiff then ordered that this decree be published, and entered among the “Acta” of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. Given at Rome, January 22, 1991

Angelo Cardinal Felici, Prefect

Edward Nowak, Titular Archbishop of Luni, Secretary

Reproduced from: JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. A STUDY IN HOLINESS. Edited by The Guild of Our Lady of Ransom, London 1991 By kind permission of the Editor. Latin text in Acta Apostolicae Sedis LXXXIII (1991/4) 365-369

50 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome The words of Newman Principles for Pilgrims

I. A Pilgrimage: Journey Towards Holiness of Life II. Lead, Kindly Light followed by Newman’s transcript of the prayer III. Obedience to Conscience IV. The Will to Believe V. God Loves Us First VI. Therefore I Will Trust Him VII. The Church: ‘The Pillar and Ground of the Truth’ VIII. Jesus, My God, My Maker, My Friend, My Light IX. The Spirit of Jesus Dwells in Us X. Jesus Reaches Us Today Through His Sacraments XI. Members of Christ and Members of One Another XII. Prayer XIII. Mary the Mother of God, Our Mother and Advocate XIV. Life in the World with Others XV. In Prospect of Death

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 51 I. A Pilgrimage: Journey Towards Holiness of Life

John Henry Newman was born February 21, 1801; received into the Catholic Church, October 9, 1845; created Cardinal, May 12, 1879; and died late in the evening of August 11, 1890.

A window installed at Oriel College in 2001 to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of Newman’s birth sums up his entire life, as a journey towards holiness, in three of his well known lines: “Lead kindly light…lead thou me on” “Cor ad cor loquitor”: Heart speaks to heart “Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem”: Out of shadows and images into the truth.

At the age of 32 Newman was travelling from Italy to England; while at sea he wrote the poem “Lead kindly light”, a prayer to God, entrust- ing himself fully to his care and guidance to follow his will, and asking to see his way forward, but only “one step enough for me”.

When Newman was created a Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII, the Coat of Arms designed for him as Cardinal portrayed ‘three hearts’ with the motto “Cor ad cor loquitor”, words borrowed from St Francis of Sales. We may interpret the design as indicating Newman’s desire to manifest the true spirit of love and affection of his life’s journey. Our conversation on earth with others and our conversation with God–Father, Son and Spirit–has only one origin and end, God’s own Trinitarian interperson- al love. Real communication, true speaking to another, a “Thou”, is and must be a truth from the heart addressed to another’s heart.

Newman left to his brothers in the Birmingham Oratory a note dat- ed February 13, 1881, indicating his wishes regarding the wording of “a tablet” to be put up in the cloister after his death. The tablet, a white marble engraved plaque, reads today, in accordance with his wishes:

52 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome JOANNES HENRICUS CARDINALIS NEWMAN EX UMBRIS ET IMAGINIBUS IN VERITATEM DIE XI AUGUSTI ANNO SALUTIS MDCCCXC REQUIESCAT IN PACE

In 1876 Newman was asked by a friend, Amie Amhurst, for an autograph in which he would sum up the essence of his life. Newman wrote: “John Henry Newman January 13. 1876 Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritu Sancto”

(The original manuscript of the autograph is preserved in a “Book of Gems” held by a private owner).

For our conversation on Newman: A pilgrimage is a journey of spiritual searching. Q: How would you like to sum up the journey of your life today?

Notes

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 53 II. Lead, Kindly Light

THE PILLAR AND THE CLOUD

Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home– Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene–one step enough for me.

I was not ever thus, nor pray’d that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead Thou me on! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on, O’er moor and fen, o’er crag and torrent, till The night is gone; And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

At Sea. June 16, 1833 - Verses on Various Occasions, 156-7

Q: What do the words “one step enough for me” mean to you?

54 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 55 III. Obedience to Conscience

Whether a man be born in pagan darkness, or in some corruption of revealed religion,–whether he has heard the name of the Saviour of the world or not,–whether he be the slave of some superstition, or is in possession of some portions of Scripture, and treats the inspired word as a sort of philosophical book, which he interprets for himself, and comes to certain conclusions about its teaching,–in any case, he has within his breast a certain commanding dictate, not a mere sentiment, not a mere opinion, or impression, or view of things, but a law, an au- thoritative voice, bidding him do certain things and avoid others.

I do not say that its particular injunctions are always clear, or that they are always consistent with each other; but what I am insisting on here is this, that it commands,–that it praises, it blames, it promises, it threatens, it implies a future, and it witnesses the unseen. It is more than a man’s own self. The man himself has not power over it, or only with extreme difficulty; he did not make it, he cannot destroy it. He may silence it in particular cases or directions, he may distort its enunciations, but he cannot, or it is quite the exception if he can, he cannot emancipate himself from it. He can disobey it, he may refuse to use it; but it remains.

This is Conscience; and, from the nature of the case, its very existence carries on our minds to a Being exterior to ourselves; for else whence did it come? … [T]he gift of conscience raises a desire for what it does not itself fully supply. … It creates … a thirst, an impatience, for the knowledge of the Unseen Lord, and Governor, and Judge. … [A] religious man, who has not the blessing of the infallible teaching of revelation, is led to look out for it, for the very reason that he is religious. ... Such is the definition, I may say, of every religious man, who has not the knowledge of Christ; he is on the look-out.

56 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Let us consider the state of mind of the multitude, who care little or nothing for religion, who disobey their conscience, who think as little of his dictates as they can, who would get rid of it, if they could … [they] have nothing of these dispositions at all which lead to faith.

Do not fancy, my Brethren, that what I have been saying about in- quirers, in no sense applies to you … [R]ecollect that the same sensitive- ness and delicacy of conscience, which is the due disposition for faith, is also its safeguard and its nutriment, when it is at length possessed. … St. Paul speaks of those, who, having “rejected a good conscience”, had “made shipwreck of their faith”. … Catholics go into the world … What is to be their protection against the aberrations of the intellect, but the deep convictions and eager aspirations of the heart? - “Dispositions for Faith”, sermon preached in University Church, Dublin 21 December 1856 Dublin Sermons (2006) 63ff.

Obedience to conscience leads to faith and preserves it. Q: How is my life to advance in obedience to conscience?

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The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 57 IV. The Will to Believe

I may see that I ought to believe; and yet I may be unable to believe … Take the parallel case of obedience; many a man knows he ought to obey God, and does not and cannot–through his own fault, indeed–but still he cannot; for through grace only can he obey. Now, faith is not a mere conviction in reason, it is a firm assent, it is clear certainty greater than any other certainty; and this is wrought in the mind by the grace of God, and by it alone. As men may be convinced, and not act according to their conviction, so may they be convinced, and not believe according to their conviction … Their reason is convinced, and their doubts are morals ones, arising in their root from a fault of the will. In a word, the arguments for religion do not compel anyone to believe, just as arguments for good conduct do not compel anyone to obey. Obedience is the consequence of willing to obey, and faith is the consequence of willing to believe. - Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations, 224-25 [31]

‘Many a man … finds himself unable, though wishing, to believe, for he has no evidence enough to subdue his reason. What is to make him believe?’ His fellow-traveller had for some time shown signs of un- easiness; when Charles stopped, he said, shortly, but quietly, ‘What is to make him believe? The will, his will … The evidence is not in fault … there is quite evidence enough for a moral conviction that the Catholic or Roman Church, and no other, is the voice of God!’ … ‘Then you mean to say,’ said Charles, while his heart beat faster, ‘that such a person is under no duty to wait for clearer light.’ ‘He will not have, he cannot expect, clearer light before conversion. Certainty, in its highest sense, is the reward of those who, by an act of the will, and at the dictate of reason and prudence, embrace the truth, when nature, like a coward, shrinks. You must make a venture; faith is a venture before a man is a Catholic; it is a gift after it. You approach the Church in the way of reason, you enter into it in the light of the Spirit.’ - Loss and Gain. The Story of a Convert, 383-85 [30-31]

58 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome I prefer to live in an age when the fight is in the day, not in the twi- light; and think it a gain to be speared by a foe, rather than to be stabbed by a friend … I hold that unbelief is in some shape unavoidable in an age of intellect and in a world like this, considering that faith requires an act of the will … It is one great advantage of an age in which unbelief speaks out, that Faith can speak out too; that, if falsehood assails Truth, Truth can assail falsehood. - The Idea of a University, 382 [98]

What capacity of ours is the required foundation Q: of our union with God? Why do you think so?

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The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 59 V. God Loves Us First

Does a child trust his parents because he has proved to himself that they are such, and that they are able and desirous to do him good, or from the instinct of affection? We believe because we love. How plain a truth! ... It is the doctrine, then, of the text [“My sheep hear my voice”], that those who believe in Christ, believe because they know him to be the Good Shepherd; and they know him by his voice; and they know his voice because they are his sheep. … The divinely-enlightened mind sees in Christ the very object whom it desires to love and worship,–the object correlative of its own affections; and it trusts him, or believes, from loving him. - Oxford University Sermons, 236 [30]

[God] is able to fully open and relieve the mind, to unlock, occupy, and fix our affections. We may indeed love things created with great intenseness, but such affection, when disjoined with the love of the Creator, is like stream running in a narrow channel, impetuous, vehe- ment, turbid. The heart runs out, as it were, only at one door; it is not an expanding of the whole man. Created natures cannot open us, or elicit the ten thousand mental senses which belong to us, and through which we really live. None but the presence of our Maker can enter us; for to none beside can the whole heart in all its thoughts and feelings be unlocked and subjected. … Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes, friends die. One alone is constant; One alone is true to us; One alone can be true; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our needs; One alone can train us up to our full perfection; One alone can give a meaning to our complex and intrincate nature; One alone can give us tune and harmony; One alone can form and pos- sess us. Are we allowed to put ourselves under his guidance? This surely is the only question. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, V, 1147

60 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Lord, in asking for fervour, I am asking for yourself, for nothing short of you, O my God, who has given yourself wholly to us. Enter my heart substantially and personally, and fill it with fervour by filling it with yourself. You alone can fill the soul of man, and you have prom- ised to do so. You are the living Flame, and ever burn with love of man: enter into me and set me on fire after your pattern and likeness. - Meditations and Devotions, 343

“Are we allowed to put ourselves under God’s guidance? Q: This surely is the only question.”

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The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 61 VI. Therefore I Will Trust Him A @ M E D I T A T I O N BY @ CARDINAL @ NEWMAN

has created me to do Him some definite service;

He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission – I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work; I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place while not intending it, if I do but keep His Commandments.

herefore I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me among strangers, He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me – still He knows what He is about. - Meditations and Devotions, 217

62 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome VII. The Church, ‘The Pillar and Ground of the Truth’

The very idea of Christianity in its profession and history … is a definite message from God to man distinctly conveyed by his chosen instruments, and to be received as such a message; and therefore to be positively acknowledged, embraced, and maintained as true, on the ground of its being divine, not as true on intrinsic grounds, not as prob- ably true, or partially true, but as absolutely certain knowledge, certain in a sense in which nothing else can be certain, because it comes from him who can neither deceive nor be deceived. - Grammar of Assent, 386-87 [34-5]

The articles of the Creed are brief enunciations and specimens of some, and of the chief, of the great mercies vouchsafed to man in the Gospel. They are truths of pregnant significance, and of direct practical bearing on Christian life and conduct. Such, for instance, obviously is ‘one Baptism for the remission of sins’, and ‘the resurrection of the body’. Such then must be our profession of ‘catholicity’. And, thus considered, the two, ‘the Catholic Church’ and the ‘Communion of Saints’, certainly suggest an explanation of each other; the one introducing us to our associates and patrons in heaven, and the other pointing out to us where to find the true teaching and the means of grace on earth. - Select Treatises of St. Athanasius II, 65 [38]

The most obvious answer, then, to the question, ‘why we yield to the authority of the Church in the questions and developments of faith’, is that some authority there must be if there is a revelation given, and other authority there is none but she. A revelation is not given, if there be no authority to decide what it is that is given. In the words of St. Peter to his Divine Master and Lord, ‘To whom shall we go?’ Nor must it be forgotten that Scripture expressly calls the Church ‘the pillar and ground of the Truth’ …

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 63 The absolute need of a spiritual supremacy is at present the stron- gest of arguments in favour of its supply. Surely, either an objective revelation has not been given, or it has been provided with means for impressing its objectiveness on the world. - An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, 88-89 [39-40]

The great institution, then, the Catholic Church, has been set up by Divine Mercy, as a present, visible antagonist, and the only possi- ble antagonist, to sight and sense … The world is a rough antagonist of spiritual truth … What it says is true perhaps as far as it goes, but it is not the whole truth, or the most important truth. These more important truths, which the natural heart admits in their substance, though it cannot maintain,–the being of a God, the certainty of future retribu- tion, the claims of the moral law, the reality of sin, the hope of supernat- ural help,–of these the Church is in matter of fact the undaunted and the only defender. - “Christianity and Medical Science”, address delivered to the students of medicine in University Church, Dublin, November 4, 1858 The Idea of a University, 515-16

What description(s) of the Church best manifests Q: your recognition of it?

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64 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome VIII. Jesus, My God, My Maker, My Friend, My Light

Before [Jesus] came on earth, he had but the perfections of God, but afterwards he had also the virtues of a creature, such as faith, meek- ness, self-denial. Before he came on earth he could not be tempted of evil; but afterwards he had a man’s heart, a man’s tears, and a man’s wants and infir- mities. His Divine Nature indeed pervaded his manhood, so that every deed and word of his in the flesh savoured of eternity and infinity; but on the other hand, from the time he was born of the Virgin Mary, he had a natural fear of danger, a natural shrinking from pain, though ever subject to the ruling influence of that holy and eternal Essence which was in him. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, III, 166 [55-6]

We have no love for him who alone lasts. We love those things which do not last, but come to an end. Things being thus, he whom we ought to love has determined to win us back to him. With this object he has come into his own world, in the form of one of us men. And in that human form he opens his arms and woos us to return to him, our Maker. This is our Worship, this is our Love, Callista. - Callista, A Sketch of the Third Century, 221 [56]

The martyrs, the confessors of the Church, bishops, evangelists, doctors, preachers, monks, hermits, ascetical teachers,–have they not, one and all, as their histories show, lived on the very name of Jesus, as food, as medicine, as fragrance, as light, as life from the dead? - Sermons Preached on Various Occasions [LB, 35]

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 65 My Lord, my only God … Let me not give my heart to anything here. Let nothing allure me from you; keep me wholly and entirely. Keep this most frail heart and this most weak head in your divine keeping. Draw me to yourself morning, noon, and night for consolation. Be Lord my own bright light, to which I look, for guidance and for peace. Let me love you, my Lord Jesus, with a pure affection and a fervent affection! Let me love you with the fervour, only greater, with which men of this earth love beings of this earth. Let me have that tenderness and constancy in loving you, which is so much praised among men, when the object is of the earth. Let me find and feel you to be my only joy, my only refuge, my only strength, my only comfort, my only hope, my only fear, my only love. - Meditations and Devotions, 246-7

Faith in Jesus means to have him as confidant, as friend, Q: as the ‘Way, Truth, and Life’, and as Lord and God: what conversation do I sustain with him to cultivate this friendship?

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66 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome IX. The Spirit of Jesus Dwells in Us

Christ’s work of mercy has two chief parts: what he did for all men, what he does for each; what he did once for all, what he does for one by one continually; what he did externally to us, what he does within us; what he did on earth, what he does in heaven; what he did in his own person, what he does by his Spirit; his death, and the water and blood after it; his meritorious sufferings, and the various gifts thereby purchased, of pardon, grace, reconciliation, renewal, holiness, spiritual communion; that is, his atonement, and the application of his atonement, or his atonement and our justification; he atones by the offering of himself on the cross; and as certainly (which is the point before us) he justifies by the mission of his Spirit. - Lectures on the Doctrine of Justification, 203 [59-60]

A true Christian, then, may almost be defined as one who has a ruling sense of God’s presence within him. As none but justified persons have that privilege, so none but the justified have that practical percep- tion of it. A true Christian, or one who is in a state of acceptance with God, is he, who, in such sense, has faith in him, as to live in the thought that he is present with him,–present not externally, not in nature merely, or in providence, but in his innermost heart, or in his conscience. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, V, 225-26 [61]

The Christian has a deep, silent, hidden peace, which the world sees not … What he is when left to himself and to his God, that is his true life. He can bear himself; he can (as it were) joy in himself, for it is the grace of God within him, it is the presence of the Eternal Comforter in which he joys. He can bear, he finds it pleasant, to be with himself at all times,–‘never less alone than when alone’. He can lay his head on his pillow at night, and own in God’s sight, with overflowing heart, that he wants nothing,–that he is ‘full and abounds’,–that God has been all things to him, and that nothing is not his which God could give him.

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 67 More thankfulness, more holiness, more of heaven he needs indeed, but the thought that he can have more is not a thought of trouble, but of joy. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, V, 69-70 [77]

My dear and holy Patron, [St.] Philip, … I beg of you to gain for me a true devotion to the Holy Spirit, by means of that grace which he himself, the Third Person of the glorious Trinity, bestows. Gain for me a portion of that overflowing devotion which you had towards him when you were on earth; for that, O my dear father, was one of your special distinctions from other saints, that, though they all adored supremely and solely the Holy Spirit as their one God, yet you, like Pope St. Greg- ory, the Apostle of England, did adore him not only in the unity of the God-head, but also as proceeding from the Father and the Son, the gift of the Most High and the Giver of life. - Meditations and Devotions, 121-2

That ‘Kindly Light’ is the Holy Spirit directing our souls Q: from within. Do we attend to him?

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68 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome X. Jesus Reaches Us Today Through His Sacraments

In truth, our Merciful Saviour has done much more for us than reveal the wonderful doctrines of the Gospel; he has enabled us to ap- ply them ... but how should we bring home his grace to ourselves? … how secure the comfortable assurance that he loves us personally, and will change our hearts, which we feel to be so earthly, and wash away our sins, which we confess to be so manifold, unless he had given us Sacraments–means and pledges of grace–keys which open the trea- sure-house of mercy. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, III, 290-91 [64]

It is a great action, the greatest action than can be on earth. It is, not the invocation merely, but, if I dare use the words, the evocation of the Eternal. He becomes present on the Altar in flesh and blood, before whom angels bow and devils tremble. - Loss and Gain. The Story of a Convert, 328 [65-66]

How many are the souls, in distress, anxiety or loneliness, whose one need is to find a being to whom they can pour out their feelings un- heard by the world? Tell them out they must; they cannot tell them out to those whom they see every hour. They want to tell them and not tell them; and they want to tell them out, yet be as if they be not told; they wish to tell them to one who is strong enough to bear them, yet not too strong to despise them; they wish to tell them to one who can at once advise and can sympathize with them; they wish to relieve themselves of a load, to gain a solace. … If there is a heavenly idea in the Catholic Church, looking at it simply as an idea, surely, next after the Blessed Sacrament, Confession is such. - Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England, 351 [65]

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 69 At times we seem to catch a glimpse of a form which we shall here- after see face to face. We approach, and in spite of the darkness, our hands, or our head, or our brow, or our lips become, as it were, sensible of the contact of something more than earthly. We know not where we are, but we have been bathing in water, and a voice tells us that it is blood. Or we have a mark signed upon our foreheads, and it spake of Cal- vary. Or we recollect a hand laid upon our heads, and surely it had the print of nails in it, and resembled his who with a touch gave sight to the blind and raised the dead. Or we have been eating and drinking; and it was not a dream surely, that one fed us from his wounded side, and renewed our nature by the heavenly meat he gave. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, V, 10-11 [67-8]

In the Sacraments we encounter Jesus personally: Q: do we approach them regularly as our ‘programme of long-life-training’ to grow as better Christians?

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70 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome XI. Members of Christ and Members of One Another

This then is the special glory of the Christian Church, that its members do not depend merely on what is visible, they are not mere stones of a building, piled one on another, and bound together from without, but they are one and all the births and manifestations of one and the same unseen spiritual principle or power, ‘living stones’, internally connected, as branches from a tree, not as parts of a heap. They are members of the Body of Christ. That divine and adorable form, which the Apostles saw and handled, after ascending into heaven became a principle of life, a secret origin of existence to all who believe, through the gracious ministration of the Holy Spirit … So that in a true sense it may be said, that from the day of Pentecost to this hour there has been in the Church but one Holy One, the King of kings, Lord of lords himself, who is in all believers, and through whom they are what they are; their separate persons being but as separate developments, vessels, instruments, and works of him who is invisible. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, IV, 170 [49]

Every one who desires unity, who prays for it, who endeavours to further it, who witnesses for it, who behaves Christianly towards the members of Churches alienated from us, who is at amity with them, (saving his duty to his own communion and to the truth itself,) who tries to edify them, while he edifies himself and his own people, may surely be considered, as far as he himself is concerned, as breaking down the middle wall of division, and renewing the ancient bonds of unity and concord by the power of charity. - Essays Critical and Historical, II, 374 [48]

The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 71 Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as you shine: so to shine as to be a light to others. The light, Jesus, will be all from you. None of it will be mine. No merit to me. It will be you who shine through me upon others. Let me thus praise you, in the way which you do love best, by shining on all those around me. Give light to them as well as to me; light them with me, through me. Teach me to show forth your praise, your truth, your will. Make me preach you without preaching–not by words, but by my example and by the catching force, the sympathetic influence, of what I do–by my visible resemblance to your saints, and the evident fulness of the love which my heart bears to you. - Meditations and Devotions, 279

Should we not renew in Rome, at St. Peter’s feet Q: and united to Newman, our desire to work for ‘the ancient bonds of unity and concord’ by the power of charity and prayer?

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72 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome XII. Prayer

Every one knows, who has any knowledge of the Gospel, that Prayer is one of its especial ordinances; but not every one, perhaps, has no- ticed what kind of prayer its inspired teachers most carefully enjoin … Yet it is observable, that though prayer for self is the first and plainest of Christian duties, the Apostles especially insist on another kind of prayer; prayer for others, for ourselves with others, for the Church, and for the world, that it may be brought into the Church. Intercession is the characteristic of Christian worship. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, III, 350 [80] Christians could not correspond; they could not combine; but they could pray one for another. Even their public prayers partook of this character of intercession; for to pray for the welfare of the whole Church was in fact a prayer for all classes of men and all the individuals of which it was composed. It was in prayer that the Church was founded. - Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching, 69 [80] This habit of prayer then, recurrent prayer, morning, noon, and night, is one discriminating point in Scripture Christianity, as arising from the text … ‘our conversation is in heaven’. In a word, there was no barrier, no cloud, no earthy object, interposed between the soul of the primitive Christian and its Saviour and Redeemer. - Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day, 281 [78] We often hear it said, that the true way of serving God is to serve man, as if religion consisted merely of acting well our part in life, not in direct faith, obedience, and worship: how different is the spirit of [the Lord’s] prayer! Evil round about him, enemies and persecutors in his path, temptation in prospect, help for the day, sin to be expiated, God’s will in his heart, God’s name on his lips, God’s kingdom in his hopes: this is the view it gives us of a Christian. - Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day, 289 [81] The Lord’s Prayer is a summary of the Gospel. Q: What forms of prayer do we find in its words? The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 73 XIII. Mary the Mother of God, Our Mother and Advocate

Mary is exalted for the sake of Jesus. It was fitting that she, as being a creature, though the first of creatures, should have an office of ministration. She, as others, came into the world to do a work, she had a mission to fulfil; her grace and her glory are not for her own sake, but for her Maker’s; and to her is committed the custody of the Incarnation … her glories and the devotion paid her proclaim and define the right faith concerning him as God and man. - Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations, 348-49 [88]

What dignity can be too great to attribute to her who is as closely bound up, as intimately one, with the Eternal Word, as a mother is with a son? … Is it surprising then that on the one hand she should be immaculate in her Conception? or on the other that she should be hon- oured with an Assumption, and exalted as a queen …? Men sometimes wonder that we call her Mother of life, of mercy, of salvation; what are all these titles compared to that one name, Mother of God? - Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching, II, 62-63 [89-90]

I consider it impossible then, for those who believe the Church to be one vast body in heaven and on earth, in which every holy creature of God has his place, and of which prayer is his life, when once they recognize the sanctity and dignity of the Blessed Virgin, not to perceive immediately, that her office above is one of perpetual intercession for the faithful militant, and that our very relation to her must be that of clients to a patron, and that, in the eternal enmity which exists between the woman and the serpent, while the serpent’s strength lies in being the tempter, the weapon of the second Eve and Mother of God is prayer. - Certain Difficulties Felt by Anglicans in Catholic Teaching, II, 73 [90-91]

74 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Jesus is the Light of the world, illuminating every man who comes into it, opening our eyes with the gift of faith, making souls luminous by his almighty grace; and Mary is the star, shining with the light of Je- sus, fair as the moon, … the star of the sea, which is welcome to the tem- pest-tossed, at whose smile the evil spirit flies, the passions are hushed, and peace is poured upon the soul. Hail then, Star of the Sea, we joy in the recollection of you. Pray for us ever at the throne of Grace; plead our cause, pray with us, present our prayers to your Son and Lord–now and in the hour of our death, Mary be our help. - Meditations and Devotions, 87-8

In what particular circumstances have I been aware Q: that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is my own mother that prays for me and cares for me?

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The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 75 XIV. Life in the World with Others

It would be a great mistake for us to suppose that we need quit our temporal calling, and go into retirement, in order to serve God accept- ably. Christianity is a religion for this world, for the busy and influential, for the rich and powerful, as well as for the poor. - Historical Sketches, II, 94 [93]

The Christian … will feel that the true contemplation of [the] Sav- iour lies in his worldly business; that as Christ is seen in the poor, and in the persecuted, and in children, so is he seen in the employments which he puts upon his chosen, whatever they be; that in attending to his own calling he will meet Christ; that if he neglect it, he will not on that account enjoy his presence at all the more, but that while perform- ing it, he will see Christ revealed to his soul amid the ordinary actions of the day, as by a sort of sacrament. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, VIII, 165 [94]

Such, then, are the difficulties which beset the propagation of the Truth: its want of instruments, as an assailant of the world’s opinions; the keenness and vigour of the weapons producible against it, when itself in turn is to be attacked. How, then, after all, has it maintained its ground among men …? I answer, that it has been upheld in the world not as a system, not by books, not by argument, nor by temporal power, but by the personal influence of such men as … are at once the teachers and the patterns of it … But, after all, say they are few, such high Chris- tians; and what follows? They are enough to carry on God’s noiseless work … These communicate their light to a number of lesser luminar- ies, by whom, in its turn, it is distributed … A few highly-endowed men will rescue the world for centuries to come. - Oxford University Sermons, 91-92, 96-97 [85-86] (emphasis added)

76 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome We find that our Saviour had a private friend; and this shows us, first, how entirely he was a man, as much as any of us, in his wants and feelings; and next, that there is nothing contrary to the spirit of the Gospel, nothing inconsistent with the fulness of Christian love, in having our affections directed in an especial way towards certain objects, towards those whom the circumstances of our past life, or some pecu- liarities of character, have endeared to us. There have been men before now, who have supposed Christian love was so diffusive as not to admit of concentration upon individuals; so that we ought to love all men equally. And many there are, who, without bringing forward any theory, yet consider practically that the love of many is something superior to the love of one or two; and neglect the charities of private life, while busy in the schemes of an expansive benevolence, or of effecting a general union and conciliation among Christians. Now I shall here maintain, in opposition to such notions of Christian love, and with our Saviour’s pattern before me, that the best preparation for loving the world at large, and loving it duly and wisely, is to cultivate an intimate friendship and affection towards those who are immediately about us. - Parochial and Plain Sermons, II, 52-53 [96]

Why do you think that personal influence is the means Q: of propagating the Truth about God to the world at large?

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The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome 77 XV. In Prospect of Death

March 13th, 1864, Passion Sunday, 7 o’clock a.m. I write in the direct view of death as in prospect. No one in the house, I suppose, suspects anything of the kind. Nor anyone anywhere, unless it be the medical men. I write at once–because, on my own feelings of mind and body, it is as if nothing at all were the matter with me, just now; but because I do not know how long this perfect possession of my sensible and available health and strength may last. I die in the faith of the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church. I trust I shall die prepared and protected by her Sacraments, which our Lord Jesus Christ has committed to her, and in that communion of the Saints which He inaugurated when He ascended on high, and which will have no end. I hope to die in that Church which our Lord founded on Peter, and which will continue till His second coming. I commit my soul and body to the Most Holy Trinity, and to the mer- its and grace of our Lord Jesus, God Incarnate, to the intercession and compassion of our dear Mother Mary; to St. Joseph; and St. Philip Neri, my father, the father of an unworthy son; to St. John the Evangelist; St. John the Baptist; St. Henry; St. Athanasius, and St. Gregory Nazianzen; to St. Chrysostom, and St. Ambrose. Also to St. Peter, St. Gregory I., and St. Leo. Also the great Apostle, St. Paul. Also to my tender Guardian Angel, and to all Angels and to all Saints. And I pray to God to bring us all together again in heaven, under the feet of the Saints. And, after the pattern of Him, who seeks so diligently for those who are astray, I would ask Him especially to have mercy on those who are external to the True Fold, and to bring them into it before they die. J.H.N. - Meditations and Devotions, 347-8

What does Newman tell you today about his own faith life Q: with these words?

78 The Newman Canonisation: A Pilgrimage to Rome Acknowledgments and Intellectual Property

“Psalm 62/63: As Morning Breaks,” “Psalm 50/51: The Sacrifice You Accept,” “Psalm 140/141: My Prayers Rise Like Incense” and the arrangement of “Canticle of Zachary” (text by M. D. Ridge) by Jan Michael Joncas; “Psalm 133/134: Night Watch” by Howard Hughes, S.M.; “Psalm 17/18: Mo Ghrá Thú A Thiarna” by Liam Lawton; “Confitemini Domino,” "Eat This Bread," "O Christe, Domine Jesu," “My Soul Is at Rest,” and “Bless the Lord, My Soul” by Jacques Berthier; "Lord of All Hopefulness" (text by Jan Struther); “Morning Has Broken” (text by Eleanor Farjeon); “Day Is Done” and “Christ Be Beside Me” (text by James Quinn, S.J.); “The Song and the Silence” and “God of Day and God of Darkness” by Marty Haugen; “Calm Me, Lord” by Margaret Rizza; “Now Let Us from This Table Rise” (text by Fred Kaan); “Morning Hymn” by David Haas; “For the Fruits of All Creation” (text by Fred Pratt Green); and the arrangement of “Seinn Alleluia” and “Magnificat: My Soul Now Magnifies the Lord” by Steven C. Warner (text by David Scheidler, c.s.c.) all used with permission of GIA Publications/OneLicense, Chicago, IL, USA. See OneLicense agreement below. “Christ, Be Our Light” and “Bread for the World” by Bernadette Farrell; and “Psalm 33/34: Taste and See” by Tom Kendzia all used with permission of OCP Publications, Portland, OR, USA. All rights reserved. See OneLicense agreement below. “All the Earth” by Lucien Deiss, C.S.S.p.; “Canticle of Simeon” by Peter D. Rocca, C.S.C.; “May the Lord Support Us,” “Be Still, and Know That I Am God,” “Lead, Kindly Light,” “Make of Our Hands a Throne,” “Psalm 89/90: May the Love of God Fill Us,” “Set Your Heart on the Higher Gifts,” “Psalm 39/40: Here I Am, O God,” the setting of “The Lord’s Prayer,” and “Psalm 71/72: Justice Shall Flourish” by Steven C. Warner; “Draw Near” by Stephen Janco; Mass parts from “Mass for Our Lady” and “Psalm 144/145: We Are Fed by the Hand of the Lord” by Karen Kirner and Steven C. Warner; and the “Trilingual Intercessions” by Michael Hay all used with permission of World Library Publications, the music and liturgy division of the J. S. Paluch Company, Inc, Franklin Park, IL. All rights reserved. See OneLicense agreement below. The sacred music of GIA Publications, World Library Publications and Oregon Catholic Press (OCP Publications) is used with permission of OneLicense, Chicago, IL, under license #A-632867. The “Mass of Peace” setting from Sing the Mass, © 1976, 2011 by Seóirse Bodley. All rights reserved, used with permission of the composer. “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” from the Mass of Our Lady of Lourdes (also found in Sing the Mass) by Jean- Paul Lécot, all rights reserved, used with permission of the composer. The text of “As Daylight Gilds” by Steven C. Warner, all rights reserved, used with express permission of the composer. The “Celtic Alleluia” by Fintan O’Carroll all rights reserved, used with permission of Kevin O’Carroll on behalf of the estate of Fintan O’Carroll, Waterford, Ireland. All other music from the public domain. Traditional Irish Prayers from Saltair, Prayers from the Irish Tradition by Pádraig Ó Fiannachta and Desmond Forristal. Copyright © 1988, Columba Press, Dublin. All rights reserved. All photography by Steven C. Warner, used with permission. Woodcut graphic designs and illustrations by Julie Lonnerman, Cincinnati, OH, and Jane Pitz, South Bend, IN, under exclusive agreement with the University of Notre Dame.

This hymnal and study guide was created by the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason, Dublin, Ireland. It is meant for complimentary distribution to the pilgrims journeying to Rome for Newman’s canonisation. Bibliography

SUGGESTED READINGS Cameron, J. M., ed., John Henry Newman. London: Longmans, Green, 1956. Chadwick, Owen, Newman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Dessain, C.S., John Henry Newman. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1966; 3rd. Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980; pp. 170-176 contain excellent presentation of Newman’s Works— Texts, Editions, and Anthologies. Gilley, Sheridan, Newman and His Age. London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 2003. Ker, Ian, John Henry Newman: A Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Ker, Ian, Healing the Wound of Humanity: The Spirituality of John Henry Newman. London: Darton, Longman, Todd, 1993. McGrath, Fergal, Newman’s University: Idea and Reality. London: Longmans, 1951. Ó’Faoláin, Séan, Newman’s Way. London: Longmans, Green, 1952. Trevor, Meriol, Newman: Light in Winter and The Pillar and the Cloud. London: Macmillan, 1962. Tristram, Henry, Newman’s Idea of Liberal Education. London: George G. Harrap, 1952. Tristram, Henry, ed., John Henry Newman: Autobiographical Writings. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1957. Ward, Wilfrid, The Life of John Henry Cardinal Newman, 2 vols. London: Longmans Green, 1912.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS for Principles for Pilgrims In 1974 Charles Stephen Dessain, of the Birmingham Oratory, gathered together key extracts from Newman’s published works in the uniform edition, which presented the essence of Newman’s religious teachings. This selection was then published as The Mind of Cardinal Newman. In March 1994 Gregory Winterton, also of the Birmingham Oratory, updated Dessain’s work and had it published as a second edition by Catholic Truth Society, London (2005. ISBN 978 1 86082 352). Some of the Newman texts contained in our booklet are reproductions of the original ones as presented in this second edition.

The references to Newman’s own works are given at the end of each text and in square brackets the reference to the CTS publication, e.g. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. III, 231 [80]. A number of texts have been taken directly from their original published source and this is indicated at the end of each text. G. Winterton writes in the CTS edition: “It is hoped that this little volume of Newman extracts selected by Fr Dessain will continue to help to guide men and women in the English-speaking world to a surer hold on their Faith–and be a Kindly Light in the encircling gloom”. We share the same hope in reproducing this collection of extracts compiled for our pilgrimage journey to Rome.

Our most grateful acknowledgement to C. S. Dessain and G. Winterton for their life dedication, in work and prayers, to Newman’s cause of canonisation, in which the whole world now rejoices on earth, with them and with all saints in heaven. Thanks to the CTS Publishers for permission to quote from their publication. The texts from Meditations and Devotions, by John Henry Newman, have been selected from the published version of London: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, 1953. Final- ly, the reference to [LB 35], in one of the texts selected, alludes—with grateful acknowledgement— to John Henry Cardinal Newman. In my own Words, Lewis Berry, ed., 2010: Liguori, Missouri.

The Editors Steven Warner and Teresa Iglesias Dublin, 13 October 2019