Prayers & Reflections for October 19

The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime

CHAPTER I
Clearing Away the Debris

"It makes no difference what you believe: it all depends on how you act."

[So some would have us believe that:]

It makes no difference whether you have any rules in football; it all depends upon how you play.

It makes no difference whether you believe that triangles have three sides, it all depends on how you draw.

Can we not see that if we believe wrongly, we will act wrongly.

The trouble with Hitler [and other tyrants] is that he practices what he preaches. Because his doctrine is wrong, his deeds are wrong. Because Nazism as a creed is wrong, its workings are wicked....

[Continued tomorrow]
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From:
The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime
by Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen
(C) 1943, P.J. Kenedy & Sons