Cardinal Mercier’s Prayer To The Holy Spirit Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926) was a cardinal, a Thomist scholar (of Thomas Aquinas) and the Archbishop of Mechelen in Brussels. He staunchly resisted the German occupation during world war 1. Bringing food to the starving masses. He recommended that we should “quiet our imagination, close our eyes to everything visible and […]