QUEEN VICTORIA QUESTIONS
Part Four
35. How did you feel when you found out that it was the gene your daughters carried that spread hemophilia through the Royal Families Of Europe?
A. I sometimes curse science for its new knowledge. So proud I was of my children. How could I know that death lurked inside their beautiful forms? Now that these things are known I am ahsamed of any woman who, in her greed, bears a child when she knows she can bring that child nothing but misery. There is one sure way of eliminating such diseases when God gives man the wisdom to identify those that carry them. It is a hard decision for anyone, I know, but to be childless is far better than to pass misery on to future generations.
36. How did you really feel about the end of The Crimean War?
A. I thought it a terrible waste; that accomplished little. I probably felt about the same wayAmerican leaders felt after the sad conclusion of your Vietnam War. To invest so much in effort, and lives and gain nothing is a sad circumstance. When one enters into war, one must be prepared to pay its prices or one should not enter into it atall. Half hearted effort accomplishes nothing.
37. Were you really as jealous of your children getting between you and Albert as many people believed you were?
A. It was a terrible struggle to keep reason in this matter. I loved my dear children and my husband and I wanted to give all a fair share of affection. Albert had to scold me sometimes on my jealousy. But I understood his reasoning, always. Many called him too strict, too logical, but his counsel to me was always inspired by the deepest tenderness.
38. Did your first son really have an affair with an actress?
A. I think you could say it was a bit more than an affair! it was a terrible thing to keep quiet. But i my day such things were considered family matters and best kept from the public. The young lady was not really a bad sort, but it was a situation I felt could have been well done without. I cannot understand the desperate male need to experience their bravado before marriage. It would be a much greater thing for a husband and a wife to learn these great pleasures together. But men have to spoil it by seeking permiscouous ladies and making it a thing of pure pleasure, rather than the sacred and holy thing it should be.
39. Was Albert really as terrified of accidents as people
say?
A. I would say, sir, his tendency to get into misfortune rivals even your
most valiant efforts! Never had I seen a man so prone to disaster, and so
ill equippped to deal with it. And it was not a matter of cowardliness. My
dearest Albert was most courageous in any situation. But when the difficulty
passed, he would have the most awful state of nervousness. Not all men can
be steady and sure at all times. Some men had moments of discomfort. This
was no dishonor to my dearest Albert.
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ST. THERESA QUESTIONS
1. Why do you believe your Little Way is so popular, even today?
A. Great philosophers and so-called learned men tend to make things too complicated. Love is the direct answer to all difficulties. It strips away all the complications made by man, and gets to the sacred heart of the matter.
2. Are you personally responsible for all the miracles attributed to you?
A. No. Unlike God I cannot be everywhere at once. But I have been granted a great staff of Workers who help me watch over those who pray to me.
3. How would you like people to pray to you?
A. I wish people would NOT pray to me. I am not God. I am but one of His humble servants. One should go DIRECTLY to the Source of The Power. I would prefer to have people pray FOR me in this manner; 'Our Father, who art in Heaven, Holy be Thy Name. I ask You to send Your Power to Your Daughter Theresa Of The Rose, that she may, with Your Divine Guidance, do good for me and all that call upon her through Your Divine Grace.'