# Jesu — Verses on Various Occasions character guide

> Jesu in Verses on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lux alma Jesu

**First appearance:** 0000-epigraph

## Who they are

Another name for Jesus, used in Latin hymns.

## In the story

### [Reverence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/lxxxix-reverence)

The speaker bows at Jesu's name, recognizing it as the sign of mercy toward a guilty line.

### [Lauds—Tuesday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cxxxiv-lauds-tuesday)

Jesu is invoked to break the fetters of night and melt the night to sinless light.

### [Advent—Vespers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/cli-advent-vespers)

Addressed as the light of faithful souls and the medicine for a sick world.

### [CLV: The Transfiguration—Lauds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clv-the-transfiguration-lauds)

Addressed as 'Light of the anxious heart' and 'Sweet Light of our eternal home,' the central divine figure in the hymn.

### [St. Philip in His God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clxvi-st-philip-in-his-god)

Invoked in the final stanza to grant Philip's sons gentleness, compassion, and patience.

### [For the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clxxiii-for-the-dead)

Implored to help and aid the suffering souls.

### [The Dream of Gerontius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/clxxviii-the-dream-of-gerontius)

Called upon by Gerontius for mercy and help in his extremity, and addressed in the soul's prayer for deliverance.

### [§ 6](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/verses_on_various_occasions_se/chapters/6)

Addressed by the Angel of the Agony, recalling His suffering in Gethsemane and pleading for souls.

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