Thursday, November 04, 2010

Prayers & Reflections for November 4

The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime

CHAPTER III
Thoughts for Fighting Men


The great French preacher Lacordaire once said the vocation of a soldier stood next in dignity to the priesthood, not only because it commissioned him to defend justice on the field of battle and order on the field of peace, but also because it called him to the spirit and intention of sacrifice....

[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

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