Meditations and Devotions

To pray is to be a Christian, to be a saint is to have prayed often. St John Henry Cardinal Newman was a man of prayer. This book contains the culmination of his prayers and devotions.

The first and second part of this book contain the vocal prayers Newman wrote for public use, the litanies, the Stations of the Cross and short meditations. The long meditations in the third part of the book are intended for private use, which draw one into deeper intimacy with Our Lord.

The prayers are also a testament to his particular devotion to Our Lady, with moving commentaries on several of her titles from the Litany of Loreto. These commentaries are tender and profound, yet without any trace of sentimentality.

Newman’s meditations are full of doctrine. Doctrine is the expression of Truth, and above all things, Newman longed to bear witness to the Truth. It is from the Scriptures, the Church Fathers and the living Church that Newman drew his doctrine, and in his meditations he made it his own.

This edition, beautifully produced by Baronius Press, is designed to last a lifetime, with a flexible leather cover, gold edged pages and two marker ribbons. It contains an introduction by Fr Jerome Bertram of the Oxford Oratory.

Brown Leather Flexible Cover, 102mm x 152mm, 448 pages
ISBN: 9781905574582
Publisher: Baronius Press