
‘Greater Love Hath No Man Than This’: The Catholic WWII Hero of Christ the King Sunday
As Catholics in the U.S. marked the Feast of Christ the King 80 years ago, an American soldier gave his life to save his comrades in the South Pacific.
As Catholics in the U.S. marked the Feast of Christ the King 80 years ago, an American soldier gave his life to save his comrades in the South Pacific.
‘Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.’
“Christ transforms the ‘water’ of our spiritual poverty into the generous ‘wine’ of renewal and commitment, as he did at Cana.” —Pope St. John Paul II
“Through the sign of the cross it is not the servant or the slave who is speaking, but the Lord of all creation.” —Pope St. John Paul II
What keeps these couples together? It is free and complete submission to Jesus Christ, whose Cross deeply unites every aspect of their lives.
“Lord God, in the simplicity of my heart I have gladly given you everything.”
Politicians have turned “sacrifices” into statements about factory farming, animal rights, mental health and the Green New Deal.
Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not certain. Today is all you have. Will today be about you or about others?
“With Christ I am nailed to the cross,” wrote St. Paul. “And I live, now, not only I; but Christ lives in me.”
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. ... Let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.” —General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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