Requiescat In Pace. Go here to read his blog which, alas, no have posts by him. At least this side of the grave.
The Church Has Lost a Champion
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Always enjoyed reading his scholarly commentary on the Faith. May he be sitting and discoursing now with the Church Fathers and Doctors! RIP.
A great loss. Memory eternal, and may his soul repose happily with the Lord.
The Church, Triumphant, welcomes home a champion.
My guess is that his work will continue, but from a vantage point of unhindered clarity.
May he enjoy his reward.
A great soul, a great priest, and a very erudite and gently witty English gentleman. Mass today (the Finding of the True Cross) will be offered for the repose of his soul: requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat ei. A porta inferni, erue, Domine, animam ejus. Requiescant in pace. Amen.
*The news got out, over the weekend, that Bishop Peter Ball, formerly Bishop of Lewes (a suffragan see of the diocese of Chichester) and then of Gloucester, has died. Apparently, his death occurred last Friday, 21 June.
I knew him fairly well; I remember him as one of the most sinister people I have ever had dealings with. Eventually he did time for his career of sadistic sexual abuse of young men (one of whom he drove to suicide). He was the protected darling of the British Establishment; Prince Charles, an Archbishop of Canterbury, Judges, Public School heads … they were all taken in by his ‘charismatic’ manner and his skilfully crafted persona of ascetic sanctity.
I have, of course, said Mass for the repose of his soul. I pray that, before his death, he was able to attain the clarity and humility of contrition for the evil he did. Please God, may I, and every reader of these words, die penitent and absolved.*
(From his blog.)
His last line, from this June of 2019 post, is a poignant one for Fr. Hunwicke and for us as well.
Please God. please