Tea at Trianon: Please pray for Joel

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

Friday, September 28, 2007

Please pray for Joel

Please pray for a young man who suffered a horrendous accident while repairing a car a few days ago and now most of his body is severely burned. He was supposed to have been married in a few months. Here is an account:

Joel Fox was involved in a bad accident on Tuesday(9-25-07)as many of you know. As of right now, he is at the Bronson Hospital Burn Unit in Kalamazoo, MI. He has 65% of his body covered with burns, with the majority of them being 3rd degree. His face is perfectly normal. He received a few 1st degree burns on his neck, but nothing that will scar on his face or neck (thank the Lord). He will be in the ICU at Bronson for the next three weeks. His 1st skin graft surgery is on fri. Everyone's job right now is to pray our hearts out. We all need to pray for the whole duration of his recovery, 'not just the first couple days' as Lauren had said. Keep the whole Fox (Szlanfucht)and Kreager family in your prayers, but obviously Joel and Lauren. Share

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Lord have mercy.; September 28, 2007 at 1:30:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: I could not access the page, but will certainly pray for Joel.; September 28, 2007 at 3:29:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: Sorry! I tried to fix it, but posted an account in case the link does not work.; September 28, 2007 at 3:57:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: Jane and Doug, our prayers are with you, if there is anything we can do for you, please let us know. The Days.; September 28, 2007 at 5:43:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: We shall pray for him this evening in our Rosary prayers.; September 28, 2007 at 9:17:00 PM EDT