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Christmas 1914

Posted on 7:13 AM No Comments
Labels: Christians, Christmas, Leadership, Politics, War

The war in Europe was only four months old, yet it had already reached a savagery unknown until that time. After the initial success of the German army, the war became a desperate trench struggle with a very high casualty count. The promise of early success seemed like a far away dream. The snow and the cold of 1914 made things even worse, but as the darkness fell on Christmas Eve something happened that would never occur again.

Christmas 1914 a story of courage, questioning leadership and true Christmas spirit.

Our High Priest

Posted on 10:49 AM No Comments
Labels: Eucharist, Leadership, priest, War

An image of the Eucharist

At the crisis of a battle in the War a vital communication between a certain division and Army battle headquarters went dead. Somewhere the enemy shells had cut the wire and it was absolutely essential to get it repaired at once. Only one signalman was available in the divisional staff dugout at the moment and he went out to find the break and join it. In a few minutes the messages began coming through again. An hour later the man had still not returned and a party went to look for him. He was found lying beside the line, holding together in his hands the two broken ends, with a great shell wound over his heart from which he had bled to death.

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Our High Priest