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"The LORD is my shepherd...Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid." ~ Psalm 23:1, 4
Father Joseph Hogan was a chaplain in Europe with the U.S. Third Army. One Sunday, he f elt the presence of God in a way that touched him deeply. The wrote:
"I was saying Mass on top of a jeep. The men were standing there with their gu ns slung over their backs and their helmets on. The ack-ack was pecking at the planes upstairs. There was a torrent of rain coming down and a sea of m ud to wallow in. So I said, 'Don't bother to kneel down.' And they didn't , until the Consecration. Then every man went down on his knees.... When th ey sloshed up to receive Holy Communion, they again knelt in mud puddles." ~ Joseph F. Hogan, A Do-It-Yourself Retreat
In w hat way have you sensed God's presence at Mass?
"God has been pro foundly real to me in recent years. In the midst of outer dangers, I have felt an inner calm. In the midst of lonely da... |
