Oh,
Blood and Water which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus
as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in
You. - St Maria
Faustina
"O
Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe
to
which you sent the blind man.
But we have the
chalice of Your Precious
Blood,
filled
with life and light.
The
purer we are, the more we receive."
St
Ephrem the Syrian
Quote
in honor of
Feast of
the Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of
Compiègne
Historical Feast - July 17
"The blood of the martyrs is
the seed of the Church." -
Tertullian
"On
July 17, 1794, the sixteen Carmelite nuns of Compiègne were guillotined in Paris
Mother Henriette de Jesus, renowned for her great beauty and strong personality, stood up to represent the other Carmelite sisters before the revolutionary tribunal and was remarkable for her heroic resolution. Since the prosecutor accused the Carmelites of being fanatics and counter-revolutionaries, she asked him to explain the meaning of those words. The irritated judge vomited a torrent of offenses against her, and then said: “It is your attachment to your Religion and the King.”
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.”
Mother Henriette de Jesus, renowned for her great beauty and strong personality, stood up to represent the other Carmelite sisters before the revolutionary tribunal and was remarkable for her heroic resolution. Since the prosecutor accused the Carmelites of being fanatics and counter-revolutionaries, she asked him to explain the meaning of those words. The irritated judge vomited a torrent of offenses against her, and then said: “It is your attachment to your Religion and the King.”
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.”
Prof.
Plinio Corrêa de
Oliveira
Blessed
Martyrs of Compiègne, pray for
us!
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