
Jonathan Swift, Evelyn Waugh and Christmas
True faith rejoices in knowing that the Life we celebrate at the stable in Bethlehem is the real answer to death.
True faith rejoices in knowing that the Life we celebrate at the stable in Bethlehem is the real answer to death.
COMMENTARY: ‘The little black smudge on the forehead,’ says Evelyn Waugh, seals Catholics as ‘members of a great brotherhood who can both rejoice and recognize the limits of rejoicing’
COMMENTARY: The Church was designed to last. That’s why the practice of the faith can look so businesslike to outside observers.
“Ruthless boredom” — that was the recurrent temptation Waugh faced. And in the end he rejected it, resolutely and forever.
Evelyn Waugh died on Easter Sunday — a sign of divine mercy on all those who embrace their suffering with faith and fortitude.
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