In 1926, the year his wife Frances entered the Church, G.K. Chesterton published The Queen of Seven Swords, a small book of poems about Our Lady. Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski skip the expected devotional pieces for the surprising ones, where Chesterton turns his love for Mary into an answer to his critics.

In This Episode:

Why 1926 may have turned G.K. Chesterton's mind toward Our Lady: his wife Frances entered the Church that year, and his biographer Maisie Ward calls it a lonely time of lost friends
Who J.S. Phillimore was, and why Chesterton dedicated a book of poems to this fellow convert and champion of the ballad
"A Party Question," Chesterton's reply to Arnold Lunn, an agnostic who attacked his conversion and later became a Catholic himself
How "The White Witch" moves the moon from a pagan goddess's brow to beneath Mary's feet
Chesterton's short poem against treating birth control as the test of liberality

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Chapters:

00:00: G.K. Chesterton's book of poems to Our Lady
02:45: Frances Chesterton enters the Church
06:30: A lonely year for Chesterton
08:02: The dedication to J.S. Phillimore
15:00: "A Party Question"
21:22: Arnold Lunn and Roman Converts
25:43: Our Lady's share in Chesterton's conversion
28:25: Our Lady's champion
29:59: Losing sight of Mary, losing sight of Christ
33:06: "The White Witch"
40:58: "An Agreement"
46:35: Bringing the book back into print

Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios

In This Episode:

Why 1926 may have turned G.K. Chesterton's mind toward Our Lady: his wife Frances entered the Church that year, and his biographer Maisie Ward calls it a lonely time of lost friends
Who J.S. Phillimore was, and why Chesterton dedicated a book of poems to this fellow convert and champion of the ballad
"A Party Question," Chesterton's reply to Arnold Lunn, an agnostic who attacked his conversion and later became a Catholic himself
How "The White Witch" moves the moon from a pagan goddess's brow to beneath Mary's feet
Chesterton's short poem against treating birth control as the test of liberality

Resources Mentioned:

SUPPORT

Chapters:

00:00: G.K. Chesterton's book of poems to Our Lady
02:45: Frances Chesterton enters the Church
06:30: A lonely year for Chesterton
08:02: The dedication to J.S. Phillimore
15:00: "A Party Question"
21:22: Arnold Lunn and Roman Converts
25:43: Our Lady's share in Chesterton's conversion
28:25: Our Lady's champion
29:59: Losing sight of Mary, losing sight of Christ
33:06: "The White Witch"
40:58: "An Agreement"
46:35: Bringing the book back into print

Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios

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