Today is the birthday of the author of "A Clockwork Orange" Anthony Burgess, born in Manchester in 1917. He once said, "The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and a failed musician, short-sighted, color-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have read."
QEI was excommunicated in 1570. ... "When Catholic rebellions broke out in northern England and in Ireland, the English government began persecuting Catholics." "[T]he English government started rounding up Jesuit priests and killing them, on the grounds that they were conspiring against England with Spain." Disappointed in this section. A Jesuit mission to England was launched from Rome in April 1580, ten years after the excommunication. Until then, the government wasn't exactly "rounding them up and killing them." Until Campion arrived, only two Jesuits had been killed. Both were named Jesuits just before their executions, so had not been trained as Jesuits. One was opening critical of the queen--not smart. The other was unlucky enough to be with someone the government was really looking for. During the 45 years of ER's reign, 11 Jesuits were executed.
Yupper... the link goes to yesterday’s AUDIO. I was able to read the text for today, but there's nothing quite so special as listening to Mr Keillor READ the day's offering, especially the poetry!! 👍🕊️
one solution is to find another post around the same date, and use the PREV or NEXT buttons to find the one you want. today’s post was originally from 26 Feb 2012, so it was easy to get to the post from 25 Feb 2012. happy listening!
the link goes to yesterday’s full text and audio
QEI was excommunicated in 1570. ... "When Catholic rebellions broke out in northern England and in Ireland, the English government began persecuting Catholics." "[T]he English government started rounding up Jesuit priests and killing them, on the grounds that they were conspiring against England with Spain." Disappointed in this section. A Jesuit mission to England was launched from Rome in April 1580, ten years after the excommunication. Until then, the government wasn't exactly "rounding them up and killing them." Until Campion arrived, only two Jesuits had been killed. Both were named Jesuits just before their executions, so had not been trained as Jesuits. One was opening critical of the queen--not smart. The other was unlucky enough to be with someone the government was really looking for. During the 45 years of ER's reign, 11 Jesuits were executed.
Yupper... the link goes to yesterday’s AUDIO. I was able to read the text for today, but there's nothing quite so special as listening to Mr Keillor READ the day's offering, especially the poetry!! 👍🕊️
this should be the correct link: https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2012%252F02%252F25.html
Oh, my stars. Jim, thank you for your kindness. 👍🕊️
one solution is to find another post around the same date, and use the PREV or NEXT buttons to find the one you want. today’s post was originally from 26 Feb 2012, so it was easy to get to the post from 25 Feb 2012. happy listening!