Certus sum enim quia neque mors..

[Lorenzo]

For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor might, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(St Paul's Epistle to the Romans 8.38,39)

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Catholic Chaplain celebrating Holy Mass with Federal soldiers before battle;
American Civil War.

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The Holy Eucharist being offered to Allied soldiers during WWI

"'And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men to Me'."

[Lorenzo]

An excerpt from the book entitled, Lift Up Your Hearts:



"It is estimated that in every second of the day and night four
elevations of the host take place.  I never cease to wonder at this,
or to rejoice in the knowledge that there is never a second of one's
life in which one cannot lift up one's heart to God in the heart of
Christ lifted up in the host. ...

Think of all the places where Mass is being celebrated at this present moment, ... all the cathedrals and all the churches of the world,
all the tin huts and mud huts and make-shifts that are the best man
can do in many mission fields and in English villages, robbed by the reformation of their little Saxon churches.  In ships out on the deep seas,
on battlefields and camps, in prisons and hospital wards, in the desert
and the jungle, in the great cities of the world, in the cottages of the
faithful peasants in persecuted countries, and under the tall trees
of lonely forests of exile.

Think too how everywhere where Christ is lifted up men are bowed
down in adoration, soldiers, sailors, airmen, fishermen, men of every country, men of every colour, rich men and poor men, free men and prisoners, old men and young men, men of every craft and trade and profession, all adoring God, all in communion with one another, all in communion with the Holy Father, all in communion with you and me."

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Black-veiled Filipina women kneeling at benches before altar where priest is celebrating Mass, while a badly burned American Army officer lies swathed in bandages as he convalesces on a cot in Cens Cathedral, turned into a makeshift Army hospital.
Leyte, Philippines
December 1944
Photographer: W. Eugene Smith

[Lorenzo]

The Blessed Daniel Jules Alexis Brottier, C.S.Sp., (7 September 1876 â€" 28 February 1936) was a French Roman Catholic priest in the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (who currently refer to themselves as Spiritans). He was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Légion d’honneur for his services as a chaplain during World War I.

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A chaplain gives communion on Iwo Jima.

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Fr. William Staudt saying mass in the jungle of New Guinea in World War II

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A U.S. Army Chaplain holds Mass in Cologne Cathedral; 7 March 1945

[islander]

great thread.  awesome.

[Lorenzo]

great thread.  awesome.

God is Awesome. And He is truly Great.