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Domus Aurea's avatar

Just lovely, thank you. Melancholy souls can be a trial. I’ve made peace with my “dark joy;” grown kids still on the fence about it…

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Tania's avatar

I can relate to the part about his struggle and worry to provide for his family, I see it in my own family. But he still expended much energy in defense of the Catholic faith, in particular families. I love that, and we could certainly do with someone like that now.. a forceful personality is very necessary sometimes. God bless you!

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Annette Petrone's avatar

Dear Denise, now that you have captivated our senses with all we ever needed to know about Hilaire, I invite you to read a recent substack article by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski about the very same man: https://substack.com/@profkwasniewski/note/c-103786827?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=pmyh7 Both of you intrigued…

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Denise Trull's avatar

Yes. I was very touched that he shared my post! He is a long time fan of Belloc!

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