FACT OF THE DAY: “Invocation of Saints” is a letter published on August 5, 1949 in Church Times and is now in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “You must therefore conceal from the patient the true end of Humility. Let him think of it not as self-forgetfulness but as a certain …
CSL Daily 08/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On August 4, 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape advises:] “Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware …
CSL Daily 08/03/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis resigned from Cambridge in August, 1963. There he had held the chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I take it as a first principle that we must not interpret any one part of Scripture so that it contradicts other parts, and specially we …
CSL Daily 08/02/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Death of Charles Williams” (“To Charles Williams” in Poems) was first published in the August, 1945 issue of Britain Today. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence and He may be doing most for us when we think He …
CSL Daily 08/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On August 1, 1941 the 14th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian before being available in the book The Screwtape Letters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent …
CSL Daily 07/31/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Business of Heaven, published in July 1984 in the US was the first book of selections from Lewis in a daily format. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Avoid introspection in prayer—I mean not to watch one’s own mind to see if it is in the right frame, but …
CSL Daily 07/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Epitaph” is a poem published on July 30, 1948 in The Spectator. Revised and re-titled as “Epigrams and Epitaphs” in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We really don’t know much about loving until we’re in touch with love Himself.” The Anvil (BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943) Learn More Details about The …
CSL Daily 07/29/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Quam Bene Saturno, Lewis’s first published poem came out in July, 1913 (when he was just 14). It was in Cherbourg School Magazine. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must, on pain of idiocy, deny from the very outset the idea that looking at is, by its own nature, …
CSL Daily 07/28/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The lighthearted essay “A Dream” was first published on July 28, 1944 in The Spectator. It’s available in Present Concerns. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In my waking hours I would never [approve some actions]. But the dreaming mind is regrettably immoral.” A Dream (Published in The Spectator on 7/28/1945) Learn More Details …
CSL Daily 07/27/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first US edition of The Four Loves was published on July 27, 1960. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We find thus by experience that there is no good applying to Heaven for earthly comfort. Heaven can give heavenly comfort; no other kind.” The Four Loves (U.S. edition Published on 7/27/1960) …