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St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Prayers Before the Eucharist by St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
2019 TAN Books
All rights reserved. With the exception of short excerpts used in critical review, no part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form whatsoever, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
This work has been taken, edited, and arranged from Meditations and Devotions of the Late Cardinal Newman, Longmans, Green and Company, 1916, which is in the public domain. All editing arrangement TAN books. All Rights reserved.
Unless otherwise noted, the editors use of the Douay-Rheims Version for biblical quotations has been retained. Typography and changes in this edition are the property of TAN Books and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission of the publisher.
Cover & interior design by www.davidferrisdesign.com
Cover image: Val-de-Grace church, Painting by Jean-Baptiste de Chamaigne depicting the Christ giving the Holy Communion to the angels (photo), Godong/UIG / Bridgeman Images.
Cover & interior image: Cardinal Newman, from a photograph by Mr H. J. Whitlock, Look and Learn / Elgar Collection / Bridgeman Images.
Interior image: Chalice, by Eric Gill, ITC Golden Cockerel Std Initials & Ornaments.
LCCN: 2019950946
ISBN: 978-1-5051-1642-7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
W hen one thinks about John Henry Cardinal Newman, they remember the great English convert from Anglicanism, a great controversialist, writer, thinker, and above allan intellectual. Brilliant in Greek and Latin, deeply learned in the Fathers and history, the last thing one would think of when they hear the name of Cardinal Newman is that of a mystic.
The publication of the Meditations and Devotions of the Late Cardinal Newman in 1893 rather changed this view. The meditations revealed a side of Newman with which the general English public was altogether unaware. Just as he was a profound thinker, he was possessed of a deep mystical love of Jesus Christ.
The present volume, drawn from Newmans Meditations on Christian Doctrine, is intended for meditations when making visits to the Blessed Sacrament, just as Newman used them in life. These prayers are perfectly suited for meditations on the Blessed Sacrament, not only because of the singular focus on Gods mercy, perfections, and love for us that transcends the depravity of our sins, but also because of the frequent familiar conversation which engages God in each meditation and moves the heart to greater devotion.
To aid the reader, we have made light edits to Newmans marvelous prose to adjust for modern speech and facilitate a more fruitful devotion.
We hope that this work may aid all that use it in making fruitful visits to Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
2019
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
I place myself in the presence of Him, in whose Incarnate Presence I am before I place myself there.
I adore You, O my Savior, present here as God and man, in soul and body, in true flesh and blood.
I acknowledge and confess that I kneel before that Sacred Humanity, which was conceived in Marys womb, and lay in Marys bosom; which grew up to mans estate, and by the Sea of Galilee called the Twelve, wrought miracles, and spoke words of wisdom and peace; which in due season hung on the cross, lay in the tomb, rose from the dead, and now reigns in heaven.
I praise, and bless, and give myself wholly to Him, who is the true Bread of my soul, and my everlasting joy.
Amen.
G od has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another unhappy. God has determined, unless I interfere with His plan, that I should reach what is my greatest happiness. He looks on me individually, He calls me by my name, He knows what I can do, what I can best be, what is my greatest happiness, and He means to give it me.
God knows what is my greatest happiness, but I do not. There is no rule about what is happy and good. What suits one would not suit another, and the ways by which perfection is reached vary very much; the medicines necessary for our souls are very different from each other. Truly, God leads us by strange ways! We know He wills our happiness, but we neither know what our happiness is, nor the way. We are blind, and left to ourselves we should take the wrong way; we must leave it to Him.
Let us put ourselves into His hands, and not be startled though He leads us by a strange way, a mirabilis via (marvelous way), as the Church speaks. Let us be sure He will lead us right, that He will bring us to that which is, not indeed what we think best, nor what is best for another, but what is best for us.
O, my God, I will put myself without reserve into Your hands. Wealth or woe, joy or sorrow, friends or bereavement, honor or humiliation, good report or ill report, comfort or discomfort, Your presence or the hiding of Your countenance, all is good if it comes from You. You are wisdom and You are lovewhat can I desire more? You have led me in Your counsel, and with glory You received me. What have I in heaven, and apart from You what want I upon earth? My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the God of my heart, and my portion forever.
G od was all-complete, all-blessed in Himself; but it was His will to create a world for His glory. He is Almighty, and might have done all things Himself, but it has been His will to bring about His purposes by the beings He has created. We are all created to His glorywe are created to do His will. I am created to do something or to be something for which no one else is created. I have a place in Gods counsels, in Gods world, which no one else has. Whether I be rich or poor, despised or esteemed by men, God knows me and calls me by my name.
God has created me to do Him some definite service, and He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my missionI never may know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. Somehow, I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in hisif, indeed, I fail, He can raise another, as He could make the stones children of Abraham. Yet I have a part in this great work! I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, by doing 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 and serve Him in my calling.
Therefore, 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 difficulty, my difficulty may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or difficulty, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain; He may prolong my life, or He may shorten itHe 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 the future from mestill He knows what He is about.
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