Heart Speaks to Heart: Saint John Henry Newman and the Call to Holiness edited by Kevin J.O’Reilly ((published by Gracewing 2021: £16.99). Upon being made a Cardinal in 1879, by Pope Leo the XIII, John Henry Newman chose as his cardinalatial motto, Cor ad cor loquitur or Heart speaks to heart. In 2010 when this leading figure of the nineteenth church was beatified by Pope Benedict the XVI our emeritus pope said in his homily Cardinal Newman’s motto gives us an insight into his understanding of the Christian life as a call to holiness, experienced as the profound desire to enter into intimate communion with the Heart of God. These essays explore that search for holiness and union with God by this outstanding English theologian.