Writes Ginny Garner:
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Evan Amato @RewiretheWest posted this on X:
Wonderful news out of the Vatican this morning: The Martyrs of Compiègne are to be canonized. Charged as “criminals and annihilators of public freedom,” these 16 nuns were executed during the French Reign of Terror As they climbed the steps to the guillotine, they sang out the Laudate Dominum:
“O praise the Lord, all ye nations; praise him, all ye peoples. For his loving kindness has been bestowed upon us, and the truth of the Lord endures for ever.” Each woman was silenced only as the guillotine fell upon her neck. The eldest nun, 78 year old Sister Charlotte, used a crutch and couldn’t get out of the cart that carried her into the square. As such, she was thrown face down onto the street — when she arose, she thanked the guard for not killing her, thereby “not depriving her of her share in her community’s glorious witness for Jesus Christ.” There is much to be learned about the nature of the evil that led to the execution of these innocent women. But there is even more to learn from their bold example and martyrdom It is a welcome joy to see them enrolled in the catalog of Saints.
