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St. Robert Southwell: A Martyr’s Fire Within

The Mass and the Missions, Part III (1 of 2)

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Angela Cuba
Dec 22, 2025
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England was his Bethlehem.

As he wandered homeless in the deep night, amid frozen fields and hilly uplands, did St. Robert Southwell pause and turn his gaze upward to contemplate the crowded heavens, lighting the pilgrim’s way? His heart, rather, like the star of old, impelled him with vehement desire to seek the Holy Child where He lay, on countless out…

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Angela Cuba (University of Dallas, BA ‘10 and MA ‘13). Catholic school teacher, member of the St. John Henry Newman Association of America, book reviewer for Mater Dei Catholic Parish, FSSP.
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