The irritated judge vomited a torrent of offenses against her[Mother Henriette de Jesus], and then said: “It is your attachment to your Religion and the King.”Photo
Hearing these words, she replied, “I thank you for the explanation.” Then, addressing her companion Carmelites, she said: “My dear Mother and my Sisters, we must rejoice and give thanks to God for we die for our Religion, our Faith, and for being members of the Holy Roman Catholic Church.
The feast day was yesterday.
Everyone(including a certain contributor to this blog) should read The Guillotine and the Cross by Warren Carroll.
Speaking of, I caught news that Warren Carroll passed away yesterday(on this blessed feast day!). Requiescat in pace!
From Dr. Deal Hudson:
A convert to the Catholic faith in 1968, Dr. Carroll received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.
Prior to his academic career, Dr. Carroll was a Communist propaganda analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. His Seventy Years of the Communist Revolution (updated and re-released as The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution) was a product of those years.
Among Dr. Carroll’s many books include a six-volume history of Christendom, Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness, The Guillotine & the Cross, Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen, and The Last Crusade. This profile of Dr. Carroll from the Christendom College web site provides a complete bibliography.
Dr. Carroll is survived by his wife Anne, herself a noted author and founder of Seton Home Study School and Seton Junior & Senior High School in Manassas, Virginia.
The Church owes both Dr. Carroll, and his wife Anne, an immense debt of gratitude.
