Saint John Henry Newman was named a doctor of the church late last year — the first from the English-speaking world, by the first pope from the United States. (I find these facts fascinating.)

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Father Joseph Fessio, S.J., president of Ignatius Press, today posts some of a Newman sermon on Good Friday, which I thought you might want to read. It’s not too late to take time before — or after, if you only see this then — Easter to reflect on how the Crucifixion of Jesus is an intimate reality for each and every Christian, and one who seeks Something Greater. Here’s a little of it:

Now, let me ask, what is the real key, what is the Christian interpretation of this world? What is given us by revelation to estimate and measure this world by? The event of this season, the Crucifixion of the Son of God. It is the death of the Eternal Word of God made flesh, which is our great lesson how to think........

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