Literary parallelism

For those who have read Brideshead Revisited, it occurred to me that Bridey's childlessness - despite being married - is a symbol of his spiritual sterility.

In the spiritual life, he is very devout, moral, and knowledgeable about the faith.  Yet he is absolutely useless as a lay apostle.  If you want to know what the real meaning of "rigid" is - the real meaning, not how people who don't care for morality try to smear faithful Catholics - read Brideshead and pay attention to Bridey.  He will never inspire anyone to come to the Faith; he is more likely to scandalize them by making it appear that the requirements of the Faith are incompatible with the human heart.

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[Martin O'Shea]

A graphic novel which may interest visitors to your blog is available from:

www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk

'The Least Among Us' explores the response of the Church to suffering in itself and a preview is available at: http://www.all-creatures.org/fol/ann-theleast.html

Whilst the book challenges certain attitudes and dogma it remains a Catholic (if underground) comic.

All best wishes,

Martin

[Diane27Joyce]

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