One of you readers sent me a link to a great story at the Daily Mail about a man who bought 31 rolls of undeveloped film from the WWII era at an auction. Along with them were moving letters written by the photographer, one from a hospital, another “musing about the meaning of it all”. There is a video.
Sample:
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
A Daily Prayer for Priests
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on A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00: “I have known one of the 9 for 20 years. A good and holy priest. Even in seminary he documented…”
on That’s not what I expected to see.: “The “Monuments Men” is a 2014 movie loosely based on Robert Edsel’s 2007 book. That book was inspired by Lynn…”
on ASK FATHER: Are those who must read the Liturgy of the Hours, obliged to read it aloud? Vocal recitation?: “Let’s state something that may seem obvious, but perhaps is not: If you do not have the obligation of offering…”
on ASK FATHER: Are those who must read the Liturgy of the Hours, obliged to read it aloud? Vocal recitation?: ““If you don’t say it, then you don’t pray it.”” on WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: “As soldiers, traveling through enemy territory…”: “Occasionally during high school a friend and I would visit the VA. The veterans each had a story about the…”
on ASK FATHER: Are those who must read the Liturgy of the Hours, obliged to read it aloud? Vocal recitation?: “I once heard it remarked (probably some post on NLM) that the reform of the Divine Office brought it from…”
on A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00: “Deep down I think we’re all just waiting for Fr. Heilman to take the next fall. We, the laity, must…”
on A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00: “Church Militant gives dear and holy priests a “platform” so that they can be heard. I pray that the USCCB…”
on ASK FATHER: Are those who must read the Liturgy of the Hours, obliged to read it aloud? Vocal recitation?: “Being in formation currently, one of our first classes was on the Liturgy of the Hours and praying Morning and…”
on A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00: “Christ was supreme intelligence, He was Love at its most pure. Most endowed with heavenly insights. He had perfect vision…”
on ASK FATHER: Are those who must read the Liturgy of the Hours, obliged to read it aloud? Vocal recitation?: “Of course! You can use these methods of prayer. You have no obligation to, but if you choose to you…” on WDTPRS – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: “As soldiers, traveling through enemy territory…”: “When I was stationed in S Mpls, I used to visit Fr. V at the VA.”
on A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00: “May God Bless and protect all the priests that are being harassed and cancelled. I hope that many more come…”
on PRAYER REQUEST: Cancelled priests: “If the faith we hold dear is the faith that was being preached by the canceled, isn’t our church canceling…”
on A CANCELLED PRIEST SPEAKS: #00: “The Magnificent Nine! Wonderful, perhaps this is the start of something bigger? As more people become aware of and share…”
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so sad, they got nothing out of the mass, they can’t see the what the Priest is doing ;>)
according to my dad the standing ones are more than likely prot, they attended out of respect and reverence, to see such faith today,
Beautiful picture – a pity the caption on the Daily Mail makes no mention whatsoever that this is a religious service.
Many commenters criticise the Mail for their often juvenile, uninformative or even erroneous comments saying that it looks as though they had been written by ‘primary school children’ . The captions can occasionally even raise a laugh as one I saw describing a ‘funeral corsage’ instead of a ‘funeral cortege!’
They do seem to have special difficulty with anything religious! I remember seeing a caption of ‘a walking stick with a cross on top’ and ‘beads with a cross pendant’ – no prizes for guessing what the photographs were!
I am amazed that the film held its latent image so well, for so long. The film must have been stored in an ideal location. In all my years in the photo industry, I have seen far fresher film degrade quite rapidly.
Cool! Thanks for posting, Father!
Does anybody have any idea what the big white board is for over the priest’s head? Is that because there is no altar piece artwork and they wanted to cover up whatever is stacked there (life rafts?). Happily, there were no projectors at Mass back then, so we can rule that one out!
How ironic! We were just talking about my father-in-law, who, as a Navy sailor sailed to Russia on the Murmansk around 1940 something. The crew knew they could have been blown up at any minute. He never talked about it. He was a devout Catholic.
It makes me remember we have no choice but to face Islam today with determination and courage, not only for national preservation but because we owe it to the memory of all our military who gave so much for us. They had their challenges, and we have ours.