Under the theme of childlikeness, and that magnificent quote from this chapter about the Founder having been a child Himself, I am reminded of G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy, describing the childlike joy of God who says to the sun each day and the moon each night, "Do it again!"
YES. So good. I love seeing the Dickensian threads in Chesterton's writing. I read a book a few years back by fr. Ian Ker called "Catholic Revival in English Literature" and it's tracing the life and work of several different famous British Catholic converts (Newman, Belloc, Waugh, etc.) and the Chesterton chapter is called "The Dickensian Catholicism of G.K. Chesterton" and he gets into how much Chesterton was influenced by Dickens' emphasis on children/childlikeness in both his writing and his life in general!
Loved your commentary and analysis. I am planning to re-read this book during advent.
Thank you! It always rewards a re-read in my experience :)
We’d love to have you at virtual book club on the 17th!
Thank you! I’ll check the time on your substack and see if I can make it.
December 17th at 8:30pm EST!
Under the theme of childlikeness, and that magnificent quote from this chapter about the Founder having been a child Himself, I am reminded of G. K. Chesterton in Orthodoxy, describing the childlike joy of God who says to the sun each day and the moon each night, "Do it again!"
YES. So good. I love seeing the Dickensian threads in Chesterton's writing. I read a book a few years back by fr. Ian Ker called "Catholic Revival in English Literature" and it's tracing the life and work of several different famous British Catholic converts (Newman, Belloc, Waugh, etc.) and the Chesterton chapter is called "The Dickensian Catholicism of G.K. Chesterton" and he gets into how much Chesterton was influenced by Dickens' emphasis on children/childlikeness in both his writing and his life in general!
Oooh, I think I might have to read that....