Saint Robert Southwell
Priest & Martyr (
1595 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 21 February
The son of a wealthy family that had flip-flopped between Catholicism & Protestantism, Robert was nevertheless sent to school in Douai , France 
, where he encountered the Jesuits . Rejected on his 1st attempt to join them, he pressed on to Rome 
where he was accepted just before he turned 17.
https://www.wimbledoncollege.org.uk/page/?title=Saint+Robert+Southwell+SJ+%281561%2D1595%29&pid=37
https://gab.com/adagioforstrings/posts/111964415976714646
After his ordination, Robert petitioned to go to the English mission, where priests were serving Catholics at great peril. For 6 years, he served as secret chaplain ๐คซ⛪ to the Countess of Arundel (whose husband, Philip Howard , would eventually die a martyr), bringing the sacraments :jesus: ๐ท 
to a scattered & beleaguered flock. From a hidden printing press ✍️ he issued prose defenses of the faith & elegant religious poems that were widely read & likely even influenced William Shakespeare
to a scattered & beleaguered flock. From a hidden printing press ✍️ he issued prose defenses of the faith & elegant religious poems that were widely read & likely even influenced William Shakespeare#Catholic
Being a Catholic priest made Southwell a wanted man. Chief executioner Topcliffe ๐ช at last captured ⛓️ him & put him to the rack about 10 times. Though broken in body, Robert refused to inform on his fellow priests, & after 2½ years in solitary confinement, he was executed by hanging. He repeatedly made the sign of the cross as he was dying.
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https://youtu.be/6sxM1PLl8LE
Robert's most famous poem, "The Burning Babe," was the envy of poet Ben Johnson . It depicts Christ 
as a crying babe in the throes of a fiery passion 
burning for the heart of sinful man
as a crying babe in the throes of a fiery passion burning for the heart of sinful man๐ All-loving Father ๐ through the intercession of Saint Robert Southwell , let my sorrow and suffering contribute to the redemption of my countrymen ๐
#SaintRobertSouthwell #PrayForUs ๐
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