The Martyrs of Compiègne

For Roman Catholics, today is a good day to join our prayers together with the prayers of the Carmelite Martyrs and say a Veni Creator and Salve Regina today for the Conversion of France.

1 posted on 07/17/2004 9:33:03 AM PDT by Siobhan

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2 posted on 07/17/2004 9:35:21 AM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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3 posted on 07/17/2004 9:38:12 AM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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4 posted on 07/17/2004 9:39:32 AM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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5 posted on 07/17/2004 9:42:23 AM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

In Nomine Patris
et Filii
et Spiritui
Sancti.
Amen.

Beauseant!

6 posted on 07/17/2004 9:59:21 AM PDT by Lancelot Jones (Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)

7 posted on 07/17/2004 11:39:27 AM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah

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8 posted on 07/17/2004 12:35:31 PM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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9 posted on 07/17/2004 12:48:20 PM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

Coming back later to read... BUMP

10 posted on 07/17/2004 12:53:05 PM PDT by GirlShortstop (« O sublime humility! That the Lord... should humble Himself like this... »)

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11 posted on 07/17/2004 1:06:08 PM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

The twentieth century has seen the death of more martyrs for the Christian faith than
all preceding centuries combined.

And just plain humans as well, IIRC from shows by Dennis Prager and Michael Medved.

So much for the triumph of secularism leading us to brighter days!

12 posted on 07/17/2004 1:19:26 PM PDT by VOA

13 posted on 07/17/2004 1:42:12 PM PDT by Tax-chick (What will you pay me to keep my opinions to myself?)

Thank you for your thoughtful post. sandyeggo. Will you be sure that Marcellinus sees this? I would be grateful.

15 posted on 07/17/2004 7:03:34 PM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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I posted this to the News side and would be grateful if you would give this article a bump. Thank you.

16 posted on 07/17/2004 7:05:22 PM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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No Problem.

Unlike other characters in the novella, Blanche is entirely fictional. Throughout her life, she is plagued by overwhelming fear of the Revolution, of change, of death, even fear of her own cowardice. Faced with arrest and certain execution, she flees while the rest of her community is imprisoned. Ultimately, through the prayers and example of the other nuns, Blanche gains courage and, at the last moment, joins her sisters in martyrdom. Blanche, I think, stands for all of us who hesitate to confront evil out of fear not only great evils, when speaking the truth can mean pain or death; but the everyday evils, when truthfulness brings only unpleasantness or embarrassment. Like Blanche, we too are the beneficiaries of the prayer and witness of all contemplatives.

Reformers, reactionaries, or revolutionists any who attempt to separate spirit from matter, faith from works, words from their meanings are right to fear such people. Robespierre s avowed purpose was to implement concretely the romantic philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in France s public life; Hitler s diabolical vision apparently derived in part from Friedrich Nietzsche s doctrine of the superman," together with a literal reading of theosophical and other occult texts. Such theories, promulgated without regard for objective truth, cannot withstand the light either of reason or of faith. Contemplatives bring both to bear.

The twentieth century has seen the death of more martyrs for the Christian faith than all preceding centuries combined. In the final scene of Poulenc s opera, the Martyrs of Compiègne file serenely to their deaths, as if they were processing from choir to the refectory, singing the Salve Regina to the horrifying cadence of the guillotine s fall. One by one, their voices cease, until the last voice that of Blanche is abruptly silenced by the crash of the blade. It is a stunning moment. One feels suddenly the profound absence of these prayerful spirits.

...A big BUMP & Ping!

17 posted on 07/17/2004 7:14:18 PM PDT by Polycarp IV (PRO-LIFE orthodox Catholic - -without exception, without compromise, without apology. Any questions?)

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18 posted on 07/17/2004 7:37:08 PM PDT by Coleus (Abraham Lincoln was a trial lawyer.)

PLease remove my name from the automatic posts. Thanks. There are just too many of them.

19 posted on 07/17/2004 7:55:12 PM PDT by MrChips

I did not ping you to anything. God bless you.

20 posted on 07/17/2004 8:07:24 PM PDT by Siobhan (+Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet+)

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