I knew once the primmest old invalid lady who could well have offered her helplessness to God but had a grievance with Him because He had not permitted her to be eaten by a cannibal for the Faith; she could not accept herself as a sick woman but she would have achieved heroic virtue as a cutlet!
–Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
A Christmas Caryll (11)
4 responses to “A Christmas Caryll (11)”
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Maybe Paul was right about the flippancy. 🙂
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I’ve forgotten what he said. But she can definitely be that way, as you well know. And much more than flippant. Makes me think of Flannery O’Connor.
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Do you know if Flannery O’Connor mentioned Houselander in any of her own writing?
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I can tell you (because I just looked) that CH’s name does not appear in the index of FO’C’s letters. But beyond that I don’t know.
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