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| Michael with Cardinal Ratzinger |
As Holy Mother Church celebrates the tremendous feast of the
Exultation of the Cross,
I find it a wonderful time to remind all my readers (the five or so of you) of
one of my favorite Catholic authors, one Mr. Michael Davies.
On September 25th, 2004, Michael passed away from
his battle with Cancer, never getting to see the promulgation of Summorum
Pontificum which he was sure Cardinal Ratzinger (if made Pope) would bring
to reality. He was a man of many titles:
a journalist, a debater, a theologian, but perhaps the title that he most loved
was a teacher. When you listen to his
talks you notice how he is always bringing up his work as an elementary school
teacher, and how much he loved it.
True to form he was a teacher for all of us, me
especially. I credit Mr. Davies with
educating me on the purpose of liturgy and traditional topics. Such topics remain controversial to this day
even with the ‘conservative’
click of Catholics backing down when the traditions of Holy Mother Church come
under fire. Yet it was the perseverance of
grand teachers like Mr. Davies that seemed, and truly remain, a light in the
darkness.
Dumb Ox Writings is pleased to announce that as a tribute to
Michael Davies we will be posting ten straight days of works put forth by
Michael Davies.
We do hope you enjoy them, and only request that you say one
Hail Mary each day - totaling 10 for the number of years he has left us since -
for his poor soul!
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