Dr. Robert Hickson 1 December 2022 Saint Edmund Campion (d. 1581) Power Without Grace in a Foetid Termitary of Power: Insights from E. Waugh’s Saint Helena and Saint Edmund Campion Epigraphs Evelyn Waugh on Saint Edmund Campion (1946, 1948): “It [my own novelist-narrative presentation] should be read as a simple, perfectly true story of heroism…
Dr. Robert Hickson 6 November 2022 Saint Leonard of Limoges (d. 559) Josef Pieper (d. 6 November 1997—R.I.P) “Blessed Be He Who Has Saved a Child’s Heart From Despair” Some Reflections from The Diary of a Country Priest (1937) by Georges Bernanos Epigraphs “Don’t let your hour of mercy strike in vain.”…
Dr. Robert Hickson 12 September 2022 The Holy Name of Mary Epigraphs [Expressed Manly Love for the 1902-1912 Sussex, England:] “The Southern Hills and the South Sea / They blow such gladness into me, / That when I get to Burton Sands / And smell the smell of the Home Lands, / My heart is…
Dr. Robert Hickson 28 August 2022 Saint Augustine of Hippo (d. 430 AD) Anthony S. Fraser (d. 2014) Epigraphs “For you that took the all-in-all the things you left were three. /A loud voice for singing and keen eyes to see, / And a spouting well of joy within that never yet was dried! /…
Dr. Robert Hickson 5 August 2022 Our Lady of the Snows (355-366 AD) Epigraphs “I never shall forget the way / That Blood upon this awful day/ Preserved us all from death. / He stood upon a little mound, / Cast his lethargic eyes around, / And said beneath his breath: / ‘Whatever happens we…
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (Pixabay) Dr. Robert Hickson 25 July 2022 Saint James the Greater (Santiago) [The Author’s Additional Note Is Presented Here on 25 July 2022, Which Is Some Three Years Later Than the Original 29 June 2019 Text. The current note is also on the Liturgical Feast that honors Saint James the Greater,…
Dr. Robert Hickson 3 June 2022 Saint Clotilde (d. 545) West Point Graduation 58 Years Ago (Class of 1964) Maurice Baring on the Mystery of Mortal Beauty and the Supreme Sacrifice: The Lonely Lady of Dulwich(1934) Epigraphs *** “She was beautiful, in spite of looking listless and pale at the moment. Yes, she was beautiful,…
Dr. Robert Hickson 5 April 2022 Saint Vincent Ferrer O.P. (d. 1419) Blessed Juliana of Mount Cornillon (d. 1258) Epigraphs *** “What then is this Sloth which can merit the extremity of divine punishment? St. Thomas’s answer is both comforting and surprising: tristitia de bono spirituali, sadness in the face of spiritual good. Man is…
Dr. Robert Hickson 24 February 2022 Saint Matthias Epigraphs *** “The man who has the rooms opposite mine [at Balliol College, Oxford University] is a Spaniard. A nobleman very cultivated and amiable. His name is Quixote. Consulted him last night as to what to do about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Quixote said it was entirely a…
Dr. Robert Hickson 6 January 2022 Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord Two Emperors in Trouble and a Mother’s Prayer for Her Groping Son: Evelyn Waugh’s 1950 Presentation of Saint Helena’s Deepening Faith and Eloquence Epigraphs *** “’I know I am human. In fact I often feel [says Constantine himself to his Empress Mother…