The Rocking-Horse Catholic by Caryl Houselander is an autobiography. The title is explained by Caryl's faith journey. She wasn't born Catholic but she was baptized as a child and from then on her faith waned or grew stronger.
This is an easy and short read. In places, I laughed at Caryl's humor and in others, I almost cried. She had a lonely childhood and I don't think she ever graduated from high school. Her education was spotty. So she isn't a theologian with a couple of degrees. Rather, she is a writer, a devotional, mystical, Catholic writer.
The Rocking-Horse Catholic is written in a conversational style. She was blessed with three mystical experiences in her life which made me jealous. Her last experience filled the rest of her life with love of neighbor. "I saw too the reverence that everyone must have for a sinner; instead of condoning his sin, which is in reality his utmost sorrow, one must comfort Christ who is suffering in him . And this reverence must be paid even to those sinners whose souls seem to be dead, because it is Christ, who is the life of the soul, who is dead in them; they are His tombs, and Christ in the tomb is potentially the risen Christ."
- Print Length: 142 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1785163280
- Publisher: Aeterna Press (March 16, 2015)
- Publication Date: March 16, 2015
- Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
- Language: English
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