Robert Southwell, saint, martyr, poet

Today, February 21, is the feast of St. Robert Southwell. Rather than recount this man’s remarkable life and exploits, I will point you to here and here.

Besides his faithfulness to his faith and embracing the crown of martyrdom, what I really want you to see is his poetry. It’s magnificent. He even had an influence on Shakespeare. How he found time to write all these tremendous poems is beyond me (it must have been all that time hiding in priest holes and such).

St. Robert Southwell, SJ, pray for us!

Fun Facts on Today’s Fátima Saints

Today is the feast of Ss. Jacinto and Francisco, two of the seers of Fátima.

Here is a link to a great article by Church POP that gives some interesting, unknown facts about the saints and their canonization process.

Have a great Lent!