Prayers & Reflections for May 3

The Armor of God
Reflections and Prayers for Wartime

CHAPTER XII
Occasional Prayers

PRAYER BEFORE A BATTLE

More than ever I feel the need of having Thee close to me.
At any moment I may find myself in hand-to-hand fighting.
However rigorous the task that awaits me, may I fulfill my duty with courage.
If death should overtake me on this field, may I die at peace with Thee.

- From a French Soldiers Prayer Book.


[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