{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What G.K. Chesterton Might Have Said about America's Consecration to the Sacred Heart","description":" G.K. Chesterton wrote in 1926 that &quot;the heart of Christendom is a heart&quot; and in this episode, Joe and Grettelyn discover that this single line unlocks his entire approach to apologetics. Recording just before the U.S. bishops' historic consecration of America to the Sacred Heart on the nation's 250th anniversary, they trace the providential thread connecting two Pope Leos, a 1926 essay from&amp;nbsp;GK's Weekly, and Chesterton's lifelong practice of winning opponents through friendship and wonder.  In This Episode:  How a 1926 essay in GK's Weekly reveals the theological principle behind G.K. Chesterton's entire method of winning hearts and minds What Chesterton's contrast of Saint Michael and Saint Gabriel teaches about &quot;the softening of strength by chivalry and charity&quot;\u2014and what it means for how the Church evangelizes today Why G.K. Chesterton's observation that &quot;madmen are logical&quot; explains his insistence on appealing to beauty, wonder, and friendship rather than syllogisms How G.K. Chesterton's famous friendships with his opponents\u2014and the characters of The Ball on the Cross\u2014embody the theology of the Sacred Heart before he ever named it What Pope Leo XIII's 1899 encyclical Annum Sacrum reveals about the providential timing of the USCCB's consecration and the arrival of a new Pope Leo   Chapters:   00:00: Introduction\u2014The Sacred Heart and America at 250  02:29: The Providential Coincidence of Two Pope Leos  04:00: Background on the Sacred Heart Devotion  11:50: Why Consecrate a Nation?  13:57: Pope Leo XIII's Encyclical\u2014What He Foretold About America  19:55: Reparations and the Burning Desire of Christ  23:22: What G.K. Chesterton Said About the Sacred Heart in 1926  26:43: Chesterton's Method\u2014Apologetics of the Heart  33:31: Madmen, Small Circles, and Leading With Love  45:20: The Witness Consecration Calls Us To   Resources Mentioned:    What I Saw in America\u2014Special Semiquincentennial Edition   USCCB Consecration Resources   Annum Sacrum\u2014Pope Leo XIII, 1899   Dilexi te\u2014Pope Leo XIV  2026 Chesterton Conference\u2014Ave Maria   FOLLOW US:   Instagram  Facebook  X   SUPPORT:   Donate  Shop   Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios ","author_name":"Uncommon Sense","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/23918\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41658435\/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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/203000860"}