Prayers by Cardinal John Henry Newman

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Cardinal John Henry Newman

Here are some prayers by blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman
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Dear Lord, help me to spread your fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and life. Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of yours. Shine through me, and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel your presence in my soul.

Let them look up and see no longer me, but only you, O Lord! Stay with me and then I will begin to shine as you do; so to shine as to be a light to others. The light, O Lord, will be all from you; none of it will be mine. It will be you shining on others through me.

Let me thus praise you in the way which you love best, by shining on those around me. Let me preach you without preaching, not by words but by example, by the catching force, the sympathetic influence of what I do, the evident fullness of the love my heart bears to you. Amen.
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O Lord, support us all the day long,
until the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over,
and our work is done.
Then in your mercy,
grant us a safe lodging and a holy rest,
and peace at the last.
Amen.
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Prayer of John Henry Newman Cardinal for Christian Unity:

O Lord Jesus Christ, who, when You were about to suffer, prayed for Your disciples to the end of time that they might all be one, as You are in the Father and the Father in You:

Look down in pity on the manifold divisions among those who profess Your faith, and heal the many wounds which the pride of man and the craft of Satan have inflicted upon Your people.

Break down the walls of separation which divide one part and denomination of Christians from another. Teach all that the See of St Peter, the Holy Church of Rome, is the foundation, centre and instrument of unity.

Open their hearts to the long-forgotten truth that our Holy Father, the Pope, is Your vicar and representative; and that in obeying him in matters of religion they are obeying You, so that, as there is but one holy company in heaven above, so likewise there may be but one communion, confessing and glorifying Your holy Name here below. Amen.

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6 thoughts on “Prayers by Cardinal John Henry Newman”

  2. I have recently come across a prayer of Blessed John Henry Newman, which speaks of , not letting my small hurts affect others, would you know which prayer this is, I have been changed by this prayer.

  3. The many profound meditations of Cardinal St John Henry Newman are a great delight to ponder. God beholds thee individually whoever thou art. He knows what is in thee………

  4. I’m looking for some of St John Henry Newman’s work (quotes) on the future of the world. What he feels is the true threat the lies ahead. Can you help. thank you.

  6. I am trying to find his Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Please tell me where to find it. Thank you

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