03 Saturday Dec 2016
Posted in Christendom
That on you is fallen the shadow,
And not upon the Name;
That though we scatter and though we fly,
And you hang over us like the sky,
You are more tired of victory,
Than we are tired of shame.That though you hunt the Christian man
Like a hare on the hill-side,
The hare has still more heart to run
Than you have heart to ride.That though all lances split on you,
All swords be heaved in vain,
We have more lust again to lose
Than you to win again.
-G.K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse
21 Friday Oct 2016
Posted in Christendom
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Austria-Hungary, Blessed Karl of Austria, christendom, Holy Roman Empire, Hope, House of Hapsburg, Prophecy
I bless Archduke Charles, who will be the future Emperor of Austria and will help lead his countries and peoples to great honor and many blessings — but this will not become obvious until after his death.
-St. Pius X, Audience with Empress (then Princess) Zita of Bourbon-Parma
“In exile far from the lands, you sojourn, Hope of Austria…” These words, written for His Imperial and Royal Majesty Otto while he was still an exile in Spain, might very well apply to his father the last reigning Emperor-King, Karl of Austria. His body still sojourns on the isle of Madeira, the final shores of his exile. It might seem strange to connect Hope with his long suffering, his earthly failure as the powers in the world dethroned him, his young death after an excruciating illness. And yet his suffering was not in vain, rather, it was the beginning of something greater, something we now may not see the end of in our earthly lives.
