Tea at Trianon: They're running scared....

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, July 11, 2007

They're running scared....

The Revolution is officially over. (Via the NOR) Share

11 comments:

Michelle Therese said...: "Pope Benedict XVI faces uproar among liberal Catholics amid signs that he is trying to turn back the clock on an era of modernisation and reform."

Modernism and reform?? Who are they kidding? More like abuse and sacralige!! It kills me that these liberal "Catholics" think so MUCH of themselves! Modernism and reform. Give me a break!!; July 11, 2007 at 10:46:00 AM EDT
Anonymous said...: +JMJ+

They forgot the other side of the story:

"Pope Benedict XVI faces ecstatic and overwhelming support among the majority of Catholics, amid signs that he is trying to turn back the tide of an era of abuses and sacrilege . . ."; July 11, 2007 at 12:08:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Amen. Alleluia!; July 11, 2007 at 12:23:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: +JMJ+

You know, until this month, I never understood the phrase "new springtime!" :P; July 11, 2007 at 12:27:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Yes, I feel like I'm in Narnia and the 100 years of winter is ending at last. (You know, that movie had almost prophetic timing....); July 11, 2007 at 12:34:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: +JMJ+

While I'm on the subject:

This is also the first time in my life I really understood what schadenfreude means. ;)

I hope it's not too bad of me! :P; July 11, 2007 at 12:37:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Oh, I think after all we have been through with liturgical abuses, heresies, and scandals, for most of our lives, we can gloat a little.; July 11, 2007 at 12:44:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: Be careful not to gloat too quick. Not trying to be a kill joy, but what if your priest refuses to say mass in latin? You appeal to the Bishop, who also refuses. It goes to Rome for adjudication. You'll be dead before it is ever righted. It took 37 years to get this far. I know in the time of the Church it is a twinkle but... I only last a twinkle.

Only answer is, vote with your feet.

de Brantigny; July 11, 2007 at 2:26:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Very true, nothing will change over night. I don't expect it to change much at all around here, at least not for a decade. It took 40 years for the church to get into this mess. But maybe now our children and grandchildren will have reverent liturgies.....; July 11, 2007 at 2:31:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: That would be sweet. I am afraid I will be always a bit bitter over having not had latin for 40 years.; July 11, 2007 at 4:22:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: It has been a bitter cross for many Catholics to bear.; July 11, 2007 at 4:31:00 PM EDT