Realizations (Paperback)

Paperback. "I spend most of my reading time wtih Newman's books" wrote the novelist Muriel Spark, who became a Catholic "by way of Newman". Realizations is Cardinal Newman's own selection of his greatest sermons, some of the finest ever composed. "To me," wrote Spark, "his voice never fails to start up, radioactive from the page." John Henry Newman is expected to be beatified in the near future. What is the secret of John Henry Newman's enduring appeal? It perhaps lies in the freshness and persuasiveness and brilliance of his descriptions of Christianity. The word Newman often uses to describe the process of becoming a Christian is not 'faith' or 'belief' but 'realization'. The moment when 'one opens one's heart to a truth'. This collection of sermons - the ones Newman himself thought were his best - is the ideal introduction to one of the greatest writers in the Christian tradition. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…