Brian’s Reflection: Monday, May 21, 2007 (Victoria Day, Canada)


The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone
in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'.
It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that
she cannot contain herself.

An ugly baby is a very nasty object –
and the prettiest is frightful.

- Queen Victoria, as Canada celebrates Victoria Day


Well, I am sure that her Imperial Majesty must have said some profound things. Being an ardent monarchist (constitutional, of course), I certainly hope so. We’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. She certainly looks very Imperial in the fine and massive statue of her in Dominion Square (am I remembering the name correctly after 40 years of living in the USA?) in Montreal – a statue I saw practically every week as a young person. Victoria Day is terribly important of course. Otherwise, how would we know when we could start wearing white trousers?! Or safely plant things?? Anyway: a salute to our Canadian neighbours!

God is a Constitutional Monarch, despite the claptrap that is often spread about that God is an Absolute Monarch. “Almighty”, as applied to God, is relative. Relative to freedom, and to love. When you love, and when you create free, you have self-limited any absolute control. God advises, God “warns” - God does not force. Ever. God has abdicated that power. And rather likes it like that, despite the resentment often sent His way. Very mature, is God.

Oh. in my opinion, God, unlike Queen Victoria, is in favour of “Women’s Rights”, and thinks that all babies are perfectly charming!

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