The simplest way to pray to England’s newest saint is to say: “St John Henry Newman, pray for us.”
This could be elaborated upon by asking for a specific favour, as did Melissa Villalobos, the mother cured at his intercession – who, as she lay haemorrhaging, said: “Please, Cardinal Newman, make the bleeding stop.”
Melissa by that time was already a woman who prayed daily to the then Blessed John Henry, entering into conversations with him and placing before him her needs and anxieties, however small they seemed.
