Tea at Trianon: Kim's Story

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

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Kim's Story

From Women Speak for Themselves:

When I was 19, I was pro-choice. I was a promiscuous college girl who found herself pregnant. I was terrified. The Sisters of Life helped me come out of a continued life of despair, and they, or other religious groups, can do the same for other young women who might need this kind of help. Here’s why I hope also that religious groups and individuals like Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Woods, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the numerous universities, charities and businesses are allowed to continue to be their witness of belief in life and faith.

The year I found myself pregnant was 1978. My thoughts led to abortion. I remember thinking this “new” law is so great; just what I need to get my life back on track. No one had to know. I kept it all to myself. In my shame, over the “situation,” I decided to confide in only one girlfriend. She drove me to the clinic. I went through the procedure and my life was forever changed. I began a downward spiral from sorority college girl to a life on drugs. My soul was wounded by the murder of my baby. I did not realize it then. I did not let my mind dwell upon it. Instead, I pacified my mind with drugs.

After marrying, I became pregnant again. This second pregnancy changed my life dramatically. I came out of my self-inflicted drugged, downward spiral and focused on my baby. God had given me a second chance! This baby saved my life! (Read more.)

julygirl said...: ...and so many through the years have experienced the same ordeal. I was thinking today how right the RC Church has proven to be in many of its teachings. But its great downfall over the handling of the pedophilia situation, and the negative attention it caused, negated much of the positive public opinion the Church could have garnered.; March 29, 2014 at 7:57:00 PM EDT