Readers of The Lord of the Rings will be familiar with the combination of holiness and kingship in the characterization of Aragorn. Such characteristics are not, however, confined to the magical worlds of myth, legend and fairy tales. History is full of holy kings and queens. One thinks perhaps of St. Edward the Confessor or St. Elizabeth of Portugal, or “good King Wenceslaus” who famously “looked out on the feast of Stephen”. Closer to our own time, we should remember Blessed Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary. My friend, Brendan King, has just forwarded me this short video tribute to the “prince of peace” who was beatified by John Paul II in 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTO31dkDQv8&list=PL2AD8FBB209B2382D&index=14&feature=plpp_video
The last real king…
@Dena
Agreed.
The more and more I study history, the more in favor I am of the past. Outside of science and technology, the modern age looks so backwards, so…wrong, on so many levels. Modernism is like a poison, or rather it is poison.
I know how you feel, R.C., yet none of this happens without the permission of Divine Will, as though we all have to learn … many things … before the Kingdom of Heaven can commence.