"Certainly, if I am obliged to bring religion into after-dinner…

"Certainly, if I am obliged to bring religion into after-dinner toasts, (which indeed does not seem quite the thing) I shall drink, -- to the Pope, if you please, -- still, to Conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards." From Newman's Letter to the Duke of Norfolk

So let's celebrate 167th anniversary of receiving John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church which also his liturgical commemoration :) Celebrating today the Eucharist from the texts about him was such a great joy to me! There is a beautiful small church in Dublin beside St Stephen's Green I was attending there the Sunday Mass at the time when I was a seminarian. His life story is very close to my heart as I give special appreciation to those who had more difficult way to discover the fullness of the Faith and because of this their example is shine even more brightly!

Blessed John Henry Newman pray for us!