
Flannery O’Connor Turns 100: A Century of Grace and Grit
COMMENTARY: The Catholic writer’s faith shone through such suffering when she said, ‘I can with one eye squinted take it all as a blessing ...’
COMMENTARY: The Catholic writer’s faith shone through such suffering when she said, ‘I can with one eye squinted take it all as a blessing ...’
COMMENTARY: O’Connor’s enjoyment of the natural world, despite the terribly debilitating dis-ease she suffered from, was in keeping with her philosophy of life.
‘Flannery’s quote immediately reveals a gut reaction framed by an intensity and commitment to her faith that we as Catholics should all possess,’ ‘The Chosen’ actor told the Register.
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When O’Connor died of lupus in 1964 she left behind a great body of work, including a third novel, still unfinished, titled ‘Why Do the Heathen Rage?’
O’Connor, writing to a priest friend, made a comment that revealed her compassion and humility: ‘The thing about Lourdes is that you are not inclined to pray there for yourself …’
Southern sensibility suggests slowing down to get a fair read of novelist Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O’Connor was better than most, irrespective of the demons that she fought and which, for the most part, she exorcised.
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