Flannery O’Connor dissected the Devil for a generation that was busy explaining evil away. She perceived God at work in grotesque places. Was she right?
Category: Classics
Zeal & Zest: Where to Begin with Hillaire Belloc
Belloc was known as a Catholic polemicist with a vicious talent for skewering his opponents. Anyone struggling to persevere as a Christian in the fields of journalism or media should read him. His children’s books have an acerbic humor that will appeal to bored veterans of political correctness, especially teens.
Where to Begin with G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton will swoop down, carry you away, pour tonic down your throat and tickle you until you start to laugh
Leaf by Niggle…by J.R.R. Tolkien
Leaf by Niggle isn’t nearly as well-known as LOTR and The Hobbit, but it is as beautiful and moving in its own way.
The Catholic Origins of Dracula & Women’s Suffrage
Did you know that Bram Stoker’s wife was a Catholic & he considered converting himself at one time?
Murder in the Vatican by Ann Margaret Lewis
Sherlock Holmes teams up with Pope Leo XXIII to solve crimes in the Holy City.
Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
In a post-apocolyptic world a small Catholic monastery fights to preserve civilization for the next age.
Revelation by Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O’Connor takes us into the mental experience of one of those people Jesus condemned.