I'm behind the curve, a bit, but today is what would be the feast day of St. Gilbert of Beaconsfield, if Chesterton were officially, you know, a saint... which he isn't... yet. It is in fact the seventy-fifth anniversary of Chesterton's death.
A list of suggested scripture readings from Kevin O'Brien, at his Theater of the Word, Inc. blog; http://thwordinc.blogspot.com/2011/06/feast-of-chesterton.html
And thoughts on the auspicious day from the American Chesterton Society http://www.chesterton.org/wordpress/?p=2931
Our family festivities are as yet up in the air.
Addendum! Jennifer Pierce continues her thoughtful series on Chesterton over at The Anchor; http://www.anchornews.org/columns/twitch_thread_jennifer_pierce/
Oh, and you really should be reading this;
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