tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post5556336288836566138..comments2024-02-14T22:57:55.638-05:00Comments on The Cross of Laeken: Albert I & the Sacred HeartUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-61585031370197617132009-06-04T08:00:12.335-04:002009-06-04T08:00:12.335-04:00I really enjoyed this-thanks:)I really enjoyed this-thanks:)Lucy https://www.blogger.com/profile/13600064401395449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-65710792899772840052009-06-03T18:15:29.609-04:002009-06-03T18:15:29.609-04:00While the Belgian royal family was always gifted a...While the Belgian royal family was always gifted and intelligent, it took several generations to get a King of such goodness and nobility of character. I suppose it also took some time for the family's conversion to Catholicism to really "take", as it were. But it was well worth the wait.Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18230268418171628594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666114716955489883.post-38840939152855965082009-06-03T17:19:15.543-04:002009-06-03T17:19:15.543-04:00Now THAT is a king! Any Belgian (or other for that...Now THAT is a king! Any Belgian (or other for that matter) royal could spend their life trying to emulate him and it would not be wasted life. The Sacred Heart has also long been held of particular veneration by traditionalists, reactionaries and counterrevolutionaries -so, all the best people from where I sit. It is also the patron of my local church. But again, I marvel at what an example is King Albert I; devout in his religion, a true father to his people and family and a general at the head of his troops. Everything a king should be in the best regal tradition.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.com