Tea at Trianon: Jesus Weeps

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

Monday, August 5, 2019

Jesus Weeps

When babies in the womb are not protected by the law then respect for human life disappears. Combine that with broken families, fatherless households, drugs and every kind of abuse; society goes into a free-fall. People go crazy. Fine, take away all the guns and the violent ones will turn to knives and bombs. People who have no reverence for God have no hope of heaven, no fear of hell. Any and every evil becomes possible. From Annie Karto:

There are no words. All we can offer are our prayers and efforts for a safer nation. People are quick to blame… but it seems that as a nation who has turned violent on its own children in the womb, the sacredness of ALL life is at risk.

A mother was killed protecting and shielding her 2 year old child. Her life is a testament to the sanctity of life.

Thank you to our brave police force and first responders who daily risk their own lives to do all they can to save others.

Protecting the sanctity of life starts in our own hearts, in our wills, in our laws as a nation. We are called to carry one another’s burdens, and so we mourn with all the families who have lost their loved ones. Unspeakable sorrow, and ours to help carry. I offer a song, “Refuge for You” “God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. (Read more.)