John Henry Newman Quotes:
Ocupation: Priest
Life: February 21, 1801 - August 11, 1890
Birthday: February 21
Death: August 11
There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds then may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for a humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. This is how I comfort myself in my own great bereavements.
source: John Henry Newman (1907). “Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Henry Newman”, Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton, Mifflin [c1907]
topic: Perseverance, Taken, Humble, Pledge, Leaving Him, Great Gifts
