Tag: Death

Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 15th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

While serving in WWI Lewis was wounded by a British shell on this day (4/15) in 1918 during the Battle of Arras.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space and time, what is uncreated, eternal, came into nature, into human nature, descended into His own universe, and rose again, bringing nature up with Him.”

The Grand Miracle
(Sermon Preached on 4/15/1945 at St. Jude on the Hill Church)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Two individuals close to Lewis died this month (one after his own death on this day); who are they?”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis, General

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (3/10) in 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest and most bestial, will not be raised again if it submits to death.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVIII
(Published in The Guardian on 3/9/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the north star in Narnia?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 7th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The last month of weekly letters from Screwtape began today (11/7) in 1941 when the 28th letter was published in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“[Humans] do tend to regard death as the prime evil and survival as the greatest good. But that is because we have taught them to do so. Do not let us be infected by our own propaganda.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXVIII
(First published in The Guardian on 11/7/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What four children’s names did Lewis FIRST consider for the Pevensie children?
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