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....
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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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