Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Stupid Catholics in India - Catholic churches host Ramadan meals and prayers, ring bells to herald breaking of the fast
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Muslims pray facing away from the Crucifix, showing their backsides to Christ!!
Robert Spencer : More fruitless and self-defeating dialogue. Remarks from me below. “Priests Convene Ramadan Prayer In Churches,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, May 11, 2022:
MUMBAI, India (ChurchMilitant.com)
– Faithful Catholics are slamming the archbishop of Bombay after
churches hosted Ramadan meals and prayers and rang church bells to usher
in the breaking of the Islamic fast.
Hindus ridiculed Catholics
on social media as Muslims prayed with their backsides offensively
thrust up towards the crucifix and the Blessed Sacrament in a church led
by the Jesuits of the Bombay province.
One-Way Street
“Will
the Muslim community reciprocate the gesture and allow Catholics to
offer Holy Mass in their mosques?” Blaise Gomes, with the Association of
Concerned Catholics, asked Bombay’s archbishop, Cdl. Oswald Gracias, in
a strongly worded letter on Saturday….
Gracias responded to
Gomes, categorically stating that Gracias had “not given permission for
the use of church premises for religious ceremonies of other religions”
and there may have been “some misunderstanding.”
However, en route to Rome, Cdl. Gracias responded to Church Militant’s request for comment, defending the decision to host iftar meals in churches, since “the iftar meal is a fellowship meal.” The cardinal, who is a member of Pope Francis’ inner circle of nine consultors, elaborated:
