 | You only think you're stuck at home. There are other worlds - all over the place, just round the corner. Join our Director of Faith Formation, David Conrad, daily at 4 P.M. for a live reading of a chapter from C.S. Lewis' first book in his Chronicles of Narnia. Afterward, join in group discussion on the chapter: https://StAidan.flocknote.com/TheLewisSchool. Ask questions; offer insights! |
Least we think such stories are beneath us in communicating great truths, I invite us to reflect on this dedication Lewis wrote to his goddaughter at the start of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
My Dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis
My Dear Lucy,
I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be
your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis
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