An Earthly Story with a Heavenly Meaning stationery the desirable thing

the desirable thing

and shows that the lessons of the Golden-mouthed remain both timely and profoundly instructive

“a feeling for a truth which most novels never seek to reveal: a feeling for Eternal Truth wrapped in the clouts of Riverside

And while the quality of this additional literary yield might not have attained the same lofty heights as did his fantasy

and The End of the Affair

An Earthly Story with a Heavenly Meaning stationery the desirable thingBy Father Ian Boyd, C. S. B. Edited and Introduced by Dermot Quinn For G. K. Chesterton, each human life was a story with a secret significancean earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Like Chesterton, Father Ian Boyd dedicated his life and his work to the knowledge and love of that meaning. This volume presents twenty two of Father Boyds essays on Chestertonthe man himself and his vast array of writings. In the words of Dermot Quinn, Father Boyd