Comments for Heart to Heart at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 25 May 2013 10:45:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/heart-to-heart.html#comment-4900 Having just returned from the UK I am happy to report that by the end of the Pope's trip the electronic media was reporting that criticisms and protests of the Pope had never effectively materialized and the Pope's messages about Newman, secularism, and the need to return to God had filled the airwaves. On Sunday the beatification mass was attended by 60,000 strong who began assembling on a rainy day at 4:30 AM to participate in a 10 AM mass.Before the mass the BBC broadcast a live half hour special from Birmingham on Newman and then covered the entire mass, as did Sky News. Even papers other than the Telegraph reported on Pope Benedict's warnings about runaway secularism. One popular paper declared "The Pope Defends Christmas." One reporter, my wife called her a Katie Couric look-a-like, covering the Pope's last meeting in the UK concluded that he had won over the British people. - Allen Roth Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:39:08 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/heart-to-heart.html#comment-4886 It's a shame that those volumes went awry. I have an old set and dip into them with great pleasure from time to time. But all's not lost. Ignatius Press has the Parochial and Plain Sermons all in one volume for under $40. A big book, but if you read one sermon a day - I did this some years ago - you can finish the whole thing in a year, less if you are tempted, as I often was, to read more than one a day. - Robert Royal Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:56:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/heart-to-heart.html#comment-4884 Back before my husband became unemployed, I sent off to Britain for a set of the volumes of Newman. IIRC, the date was in the 30s... The books never came. Wherever they ended up, I hope someone is enjoying them. I'm serious: it would be such a shame if they're just in a Lost&Found dept, gathering dust. Getting another set is now way past my means. And no doubt with Newman's new rank, those early matched sets of his sermons are very expensive. Both his style and the content of his writing are such a welcome antidote to the level of contemporary writing. - Dymphna Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:28:03 +0100