Caryll Houselander āThe Reedā (pg 359) The Virgin Mary as a hollow reed, ready for the Breath of God to make music in her. As
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100 Great Catholic Poems VIII
TOL āTo Scatter Flowersā (pg 289) Language of flowers an ancient metaphor for transcendent ideas. TOL famously promises, āa shower of rosesā. Written a year
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100 Great Catholic Poems VII
Thomas Aquinas āAdoro Te Devoteā (pg 90) Latin translated by Victorian Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ The faculty of hearing serves us, we have heard
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100 Great Catholic Poems VI
Great 1/3 of the selections written by converts Shakespeareās poetry has a beating heart of Faith. He like all of the poets elected was authentically
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100 Great Catholic Poems V
Catholic Ā -The Real Presence is more than a metaphor, but it does have similarities to it Bread & wine become (instead of being like and
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