Flannery O'Connor - Warned that Tenderness without God becomes Terror

I have to admit I know very little about Flannery O'Connor but just watched this short video and thought it was excellent.
If you click 'Watch on Youtube' it will play.

 

She was really something. An old time Catholic warrior who offered up her considerable sufferings to the Lord and is famous for saying to a journalist who questioned her faith in the Eucharist " if I thought it was just a symbol I'd say to hell with it."
She wrote stories that used characters and settings in the South to reveal spiritual truth. An unblinking eye toward evil and an unblinking faith in God. Her stories are startling though. A bit dark.

 

Thanks Ann, I'd like to read some of her stories. I had a look on Kindle and found a collection 'Good Country People and Other Stories.'
It says she was just 39 years old when she died, having suffered with Lupus for 12 years, which her father had also died from.

 

Saints versus scoundrels-Flannery O'Conner vs. Ayn Rand

Saints Vs. Scoundrels - Flannery O'Connor vs. Ayn Rand, Pt. 1

Saints Vs. Scoundrels - Flannery O'Connor vs. Ayn Rand, Pt. 2

 

My brother read all her books and used to rave about them . I never got round to reading her. I must go back and read some. She seems so Catholic.

 

Her stories are startling! But then again so are most of the stories of the saints, what would it have been like to be a fly on the wall watching the life of St. Catherine of Siena?
O'Connor grasps that dramatic moment when a soul latches on to God but only when we are forced to, forced to break through our pride and or comfort. At least that's what I remember of her. I am particularly fond of a "Good Man is Hard to Find." And because of her I would like a pet peacock but my husband keeps saying no.

 

The name of the illness, Lupus, seemed familiar to me. I remembered it was also what Mari - Loli, one of the seers of Garabandal suffered and died from.

 

Excellent!! Thanks Sam.

 

Absolutely agree about her stories. " A good man is hard to find" is one of my favorites too.