“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, so that my child may have peace.”

Do you know who said that? Thomas Paine. A stridently anti-Christian deist.  What exactly does it say about us when an anti-Christian deist Jacobin can run circles around “conservative” and “traditional” Catholics with regards to charity toward his fellow man and future generations?

Thank you, God Omnipotent, Divine Providence, for putting me here, now.  Let me live as long as possible, and let me serve You and the Truth- which IS YOU–  every single day of my life.  I do not shun this life in any way, I glorify You and thank You for it.  I want only to be with You forever, and with as many of my fellow man as possible.

Love,
Ann

Sir Nicolas Dorigny (French, baptized Paris, 1658–1746 Paris)
The Holy Trinity; Christ on the cross flanked by two angels, the Holy Spirit as a dove and God in heaven above the cross, a rectangular composition with half-circle at the top, after Reni, 1702
French,
Engraving; Sheet (Trimmed): 24 5/8 × 16 9/16 in. (62.6 × 42 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951 (51.501.4575)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/670261