I’m Fr. Z and I endorse this ad.
From the Archdiocese for Military Services.
For 34 years, the AMS has been serving those who serve. Currently, the AMS has 182 active-duty chaplains serving in the military. Whether on an installation or a ship, our chaplains are attentive to sacramental needs, available to offer counsel, an asset to the religious education program, and ever ready to respond to those key moments in our lives –birth, sickness, sacraments, and death.
Please join us in prayer and almsgiving with a gift in honor of the 182 chaplains serving.
Visit www.milarch.org/dayofgiving to make a gift and a prayer today!
Let’s make a dent!
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BTW… I should soon have an update for the replacement travel vestments for Fr. Johnson.
UPDATE 22 July:
Since I posted last night…
UPDATE 23 July:
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Thank you Father. Would not have known otherwise. Done!
Being military through and through, this is one of my very favorite charities. Just recently sent a check. A few years back, I went to the neighboring Marine base for daily Mass, having missed morning Mass at my parish. I was devastated to hear that there was no regular Catholic chaplain for the base. They had to “borrow” priests for Sunday Mass for the Marines on the base. Remember what these people in all the services give for us!
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I am reading a biography of the late Lewis “Chesty” Puller, Lt Gen, USMC. The most highly decorated Marine ever! He was awarded five Navy Crosses and one Distinguished Service Cross. In this bio he had high praise for the Catholic chaplaincy. (Puller was NOT a Catholic.) These two passages spoke to me.
First passage:
QUOTE:
A regimental chaplain came to Puller’s tent one night in December.
[CHAPLAIN] ‘Colonel, I want you to get out an order for me.”
‘[PULLER]I can’t get you an order. See Colonel Frisbie, he’s your man.’
[CHAPLAIN‘I’m afraid of him.’
[PULLER]‘His bark’s worse than his bite. If you have a reasonable request, he’ll help you. What’s on your mind? Maybe I can give a hand.’
[CHAPLAIN‘Well, I want you to prohibit all these good Protestant boys from joining the Catholic Church.’
[PULLER]‘Holy smoke, man, we can’t do that! If they’re deserting you, there must be a reason. If you fellows would get down to work like the Catholic chaplains, you’d have no trouble.’
The disgruntled minister went away.
UNQUOTE
N.B. What he meant by “get down to work” was get on the front lines of combat!
The second noteworthy passage:
QUOTE:
As Puller jumped from the truck he was confronted by an outstretched hand – it was his acquaintance the Protestant chaplain who complained of Catholic inroads on New Guinea. Puller was in no mood to befriend him.
[PULLER] “Where’ve you been all this time?”
[CHAPLAIN] “Why I’ve been here doing my best to help out.”
[PULLER]“You weren’t up where the fighting was. I think I’ll prefer charges against you for being absent from your regiment.”
[CHAPLAIN] “Colonel, I was with the medical battalion, aiding the wounded. We worked around the clock.”
[PULLER]“They’ve got a chaplain of their own. Your place was with the fighting men – your own battalion. You remember our little talk about Protestant boys joining the Catholics? Well, conduct like yours is one reason for it. They see those priests doing their duty and see you evading it. I can’t work up much sympathy for you.”
Later, Puller said to his officers, “In all our fighting, I’ve known only a few Protestant chaplains worth their rations.”
And later in a conversation with his Episcopal bishop in Virginia regarding military chaplains he said, “The Catholics pick the very best, young, virile, active and patriotic. The troops look up to them.”
UNQUOTE
N.B. High praise for Catholic chaplains! And I think priestly celibacy has something to do with it!
Source for these passages: “Marine!The life of Chesty Puller” by Burke Davis
Take it on the left foot,
Mighty, mighty left foot.
Take it!
[NEW] I’ve got it!
Gimme that ol’time Catholic Chaplain…
Gimme that ol’time Catholic Chaplain…
Gimme that ol’time Catholic Chaplain…
They’re good enough for me…
Chaps were good for Dan Daly
Chaps were good for Smedley Butler
Chaps were good for Chesty Puller
And they’re good enough for me!
Oorah!
Oh yeah!
[…]
UPDATE: Wanna hear what this sounds like in the running platoon? HERE
Great cause and comments.
acardnal: Thanks for the Chesty Puller and Protestant chaplain excerpt.
Fr. Z: “Up in the morning with the Risen Son…”
“I wanna be a military chaplain, I wanna shave off most of my hair, I wanna lead the lads in prayer…”
“What are we gonna do when we get back, Gonna take a shower and hit the rack, No way, Gotta pray, Non Nobis, Te Deum, Gimme some, Latin Prayer”…
Gimme some
Latin prayer
Every day
Every way
At the dawn
Right at noon
In the evening
With the moon.
Oorah
Oh yeah…
Gimme some.
Good for you.
Good for me.
Take it…
[NEW] I GOT it…
[To – “Bicycle, Tricycle…” sapienti pauca… G-RATED HERE]
Vince Cappodanno said before the fight
There’s eight things in Latin that I wanna recite
Mat-ins, Lauds, Prime, Terce and Sext,
Nones, Vespers, Compline and then I’ll rest.
Matins, Lauds and Prime,
Terce and Sext,
Nones, Vespers, Compline
And then I’ll get to rest.
Before we die let’s do it well
Let’s keep our charges out of Hell
Preachin’ and prayin’ and absolvin’ all day
Cause we know no other way
Chantin’ lo Rite-a lay-a
Your Latin Rite a lay-o
Lo’ Rite lay-o
We know no other way
Take it….
[For those who don’t know HERE]
…Chantin’ lo Rite-a lay-a
Your Latin Rite a lay-o
Lo’ Rite lay-o
We know no other way
I got it
PT PT Good for you
PT PT Good for me
Everyday
Oorah
I can run to Norcia like this
All the way to Norcia like this
When I get to Norcia the monks are gonna say
How’d you get to Norcia in just one day
And I’ll reply in Gregorian chant
astra inclinant, sed non obligant
Motivated
Dedicated
Consecrated
I can run to Notre Dame like this
All the way to Notre Dame like this
When I get to Notre Dame the Bishop is gonna say
How’d you get to Notre Dame in just one day
And I’ll reply in Gregorian chant
astra inclinant, sed non obligant
Motivated
Dedicated
Consecrated
I can run to Fatima like this
All the way to Fatima like this
When I get to Fatima the pilgrims are gonna say
How’d you get to Fatima in just one day
And I’ll reply in Gregorian chant
astra inclinant, sed non obligant
here we go
on the road
sounds good
feels good
on the road…
[…]
here we go
on the road
sounds good
feels good
on the road…
TAKE IT
[NEW] GOT IT
CLERICAL
PT
CLERICAL
PT
Good for you
Good for me
Morning run
Just for fun
ONE nocturn
No sweat
TWO nocturns
Warmin’ up
THREE nocturns
Make ya’ pray
Matins done
Make ya’ pray
Every day
YEAH
Looking good
YEAH
Soundin’ good
[And for this part – pretty much G-Rated []” rel=”noopener” target=”_blank”>HERE]
Everywhere we go-o
People wanna know
Who we are
So we tell them
Were the guys in MADISON who say the Mass in LATIN
Get your ass outta that chair go make your CONFESSION
OORAH
Oh yeah…
When I say PRIESTHOOD
You say ADSUM!
PRIESTHOOD
ADSUM!
PRIESTHOOD
ADSUM!
Motivated
Dedicated
Consecrated
OORAH
TAKE IT…
acardnal: Here ya’ go. (The Bard here is an unknown Leatherneck.)
I was talking to Chesty Puller on his dying bed,
With a smile on his face this is what he said:
When I came out of my mother’s womb
I found myself in the delivery room.
Bloody and wrinkled I rappelled to the floor
Cut the umbilical and crawled to the door.
Cruised the ward and I’m looking good
Baby little Marine, like I should.
Camouflage diaper and black baby shoes
Butter-knife sword and baby dress blues.
Humvee stroller, tricycle tank
Three diaper pins on my collar for rank.
Down the hall I heard some crying like heck
I crawled right in and called “Attention on deck!”
“Now listen up wimps I’m in command
All your cryin’ and snivelin’ I will not stand.”
They said “Aye Aye, Sir” and I had it made
I was Commanding Officer of the Baby Brigade.