1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 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.&amp;nbsp; 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: The Queen of Seven Swords by G.K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward Lepanto by G.K. Chesterton Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Vol. XVIII (includes Chaucer) FOLLOW US Instagram Facebook X SUPPORT Consider making a donation Visit our Shop 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 Uncommon Sense https://sites.libsyn.com/23918/site <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/43267603/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/207429803