It\u2019s time for Catholic fiction. Having explained why I found Kristin Lavransdatter<\/a> <\/i>moving and Brideshead Revisited<\/a> <\/i>seriously amusing, I am now on the hunt for inspiring fiction written by Catholics. Any Catholic fiction will do, as long as it inspires, as long as it makes a man or woman say, \u201cYeah, a Catholic wrote that, and I\u2019m proud to say I\u2019m a Catholic too.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, I\u2019m going to settle down with a library copy of In this House of Brede <\/i>by Rumer Godden, because two of you recommended it today.<\/p>\n A few weeks back I asked readers to cite poems that have inspired them. The results, summarized a few days later, sent me off in search of verse by Donne, Thompson, Yeats, and Auden. Next, I asked for hymns, and because my knowledge of music is even poorer than my knowledge of poetry, I let […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6738513599344023043-2011516136778735513?l=yimcatholic.blogspot.com\")