Prayers & Reflections for November 7

The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime

CHAPTER III
Thoughts for Fighting Men

The Breviary, which the priests read daily, offers praise to Judas Machabeus who refused to surrender to superior forces and died saying: "God forbid we should...flee away from them [i.e., our ene­mies]; but if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our glory" (I Mach. 9:10).

[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