Chesterton’s Thoughts on Marriage

from The Superstition of Divorce It is not hard to see why the vow made most freely is the vow kept most firmly. There are attached to it, by the nature of things, consequences so tremendous that no contract can offer any comparison. There is no contract, unless it be that said to be signed…

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Chesterton’s Thoughts on Marriage

from The Superstition of Divorce It is not hard to see why the vow made most freely is the vow kept most firmly. There are attached to it, by the nature of things, consequences so tremendous that no contract can offer any comparison. There is no contract, unless it be that said to be signed…

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Chesterton’s Thoughts on Education

from What’s Wrong with the World It is quaint that people talk of separating dogma from education. Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It is education. A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.~ G.K. Chesterton: Collected Works, Volume IV, p. 162 But…

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Chesterton’s Thoughts on Education

from What’s Wrong with the World It is quaint that people talk of separating dogma from education. Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It is education. A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.~ G.K. Chesterton: Collected Works, Volume IV, p. 162 But…

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Chesterton’s Thoughts on Women

Yesterday, during my eldest daughter’s piano lesson, I continued to read Chesterton’s What’s Wrong with the World. I found myself wanting to make note of a lot of what I was reading in his chapter, “The Emancipation of Domesticity”. I was happy to finally learn where the following famous quote could be found: How can…

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Saint Claude de la Colombiere

I found this little gem, The Spiritual Direction of Saint Claude de la Colombiere, at the library. It fits nicely with two books that I read last year, The Autobiography of Saint Margaret Mary and Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence: The Secret to Peace and Happiness. Saint Claude de la Colombiere had some wonderful insights…

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