Surrender to God - Nick Zagotta

On this the birthday of St. John Henry Newman (2/21/1801) we discuss Newman's sermon "Surrender to God". Nick Zagotta, Chicago attorney and college friend, came to know St. John Henry Newman through his regular participation in  "Newman on Tap" (go to newmanontap.com to learn more). Nick's interest in history, the early Church formation and the Church's organic development through time grounded him in Newman's own story and thought. Newman's relatability to our time combined with his masterful writing style is fully exposed in this early Catholic era sermon "Surrender to God". Nick appreciates that true surrendering is a simple notion but extremely difficult to practice. Surrendering to God requires letting go of today's temptations that take us away from holding nothing back in our service of God which becomes our means to receive and strengthen our faith. True surrender requires a humility to welcome the teachings of the Church formed by Scripture, the Apostles, the Fathers and the saints.  True humility requires a mortification of our deficient prejudices and presuppositions through a complete opening of our heart to God. To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.