"It finally is a matter of love"

On Good Friday, my class finishes _The Exorcist_

I did not plan this. Sometimes things just work out.

Today is our last day of discussion of Blatty’s novel in my conservative thought course. They are engaging with it wonderfully on our course blog.

I just reread the last hundred or so pages. I would like to share with you this exchange between Karras and Merrin, close to the novel’s conclusion. It…