Tea at Trianon: France is No Longer a Catholic Country

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

France is No Longer a Catholic Country

Not that this surprises anybody. Soon it is going to be a Muslim country, just like the rest of Europe, unless the demographic trend changes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/10/wfra10.xml Share

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: It is Tours undone.

I read the article in the Telegraph, and I copied a portion here...
One devout Catholic said the biggest problem was that younger generations were no longer interested.

"When you go to Sunday mass, it's just old people, except for special occasions like midnight mass," said Marie-France Guillon, a retired school teacher from the fishing village of Crac in Brittany. "When I tried to get my grandson, who took communion in March,(!) to go to Sunday school, he said 'no thanks, I'd rather stay and play monopoly.' " (How old is this kid?)

My comments are, where are his parents? Why is it left to the Grandfather to ask his grandson to go to mass. I never ASKED my children to go to mass or Sunday school. I expected them to go, they knew that and made time in their otherwise busy schedule to go. (satire) Children are unable to form good habits if they are left to their on devices. They will not have formed right reason. Woth out right reason there is an ilformed conscience. Which means that they are not capable to form good decisions. By not insisting that his grandson go he is culpable of the sin as well as his grandson, and act of comission.

My poor France yet there is hope. Not all is yet lost. I pray for the great Monarch.; January 10, 2007 at 4:22:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: I join you in prayer, Monsieur. The great Monarch will come. France will once more lead the way to faith, truth and civilization.; January 10, 2007 at 5:25:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...: For all the beautiful medieval churches in Paris, they are more of tourist spots than for quiet and prayer. There are signs that photos and visitors aren't allowed when Mass is celebrated but not all the churches I visited enforced that.
During my month of summer study aboard in Paris, I went to Saturday evening Mass at St. Eustache, a short walk from the hotel. It was disheartening to see the low attendance. I must have been the only college-age person there! However, I was heartened to see those who came to pray and spend time with the Lord in the Parisian churches I visited.; January 10, 2007 at 8:59:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Yes, I found pretty much the same thing when I was last in Paris about eight years ago.; January 10, 2007 at 9:10:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Thanks for the insights, Georgette; everything you say is right on.; January 11, 2007 at 10:10:00 AM EST