On the Son Rise Morning Show, Stephanie Mann, author of Supremacy and Survival: How Catholics Endured the English Reformation, joins us to continue exploring the devotional poetry of John Keble, one of the key figures of the Oxford Movement.

This time, Stephanie shares Keble’s beautiful poem for the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a work filled with strikingly Catholic imagery and devotion. From his reflection on Christ’s relationship with His mother to the repeated “Ave Maria” and his beautiful images of Mary as the mother of the Incarnate Word, Keble’s poetry reveals the depth of his Marian devotion.

The conversation also explores the fascinating relationship between John Keble, John Henry Newman, and Edward Bouverie Pusey and the way the Oxford Movement sought to recover the Catholic roots of Christianity within Anglicanism. While Keble and Pusey remained Anglican, Newman ultimately followed his conscience into full communion with the Catholic Church.

Stephanie and Matt also discuss why Anglicans have historically been among those drawn toward Catholicism, precisely because of the many Catholic elements already present in their tradition.

A fascinating look at Mary, the Annunciation, John Keble’s poetry, the Oxford Movement, and John Henry Newman’s journey to the Catholic Church.