Would General Patton's Manly Christmas Card Send the Snowflakes to Their Safe Spaces?

At Christmas time in 1944 the U.S. Army was struggling against, not only the evil Axis forces, but against the weather. Two months of continuous rain had bogged down Allied progress and now, in December continued to hinder troop movements. 

With Christmas approaching, General Patton asked Chaplain Fr. James O'Neill to compose a prayer to be delivered to the 250,000 soldiers of the Third Army under his command inviting them to pray to God for an end to the rain and victory against the German Army. The chaplain included a personal message commending the courage of the soldiers and wishing them a Merry Christmas. Approval and signing of this Christmas message by General Patton took place on December 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

The message was delivered in mid December about the time the Battle of the Bulge began with the Nazis soon encircling 15,000 troops in Belgium around the town of Bastogne with a massive German force of 50,000.  The rain, preventing air cover, kept Patton from coming to the rescue and the American troops were in danger of running out of ammunition and being overrun. But shortly after the prayer effort began (The Christmas letter was delivered to the troops around December 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, shortly before it's December 14th letter date.), the rain stopped, the fog lifted, and the skies cleared.

Democrats want Atheist Chaplains in the Military: One More Proof They're the "Evil Party"

(Thanks to Gary for the heads up on this!)

From a June report by The Hill:

"The House on Friday rejected a Democratic proposal to allow nonreligious chaplains to serve nonreligious service members in the military....'What my amendment would simply do is allow chaplains who are certified or ordained, secular humanists and ethical culturalists or atheists, to also be able to support the brave men and women who serve in our military,' Polis said.... But the GOP-led House was able to defeat the amendment in a 150-274 vote. Every Republican voted against it, and they were joined by 44 Democrats."

Well, at least we can say that 44 Democrats haven't gone completely over to the dark side. By the way,

Will Christians be Purged from the Military?

God help us if they are!

Religious Groups Fear Christian Purge

Remember the Gestapo and the Nazi brown shirts? War tends to make men barbarians. The only hope for a brake on the violence of war and its accompanying barbarism is for the military to be filled with moral men and women who hate the violent acts they must perform out of sad necessity.

Traditionally, the military has had a significant percentage of Catholics serving. Will this continue if anti-religious and atheistic groups have their way? The military more than almost every group needs God! As they say, there are no atheists in a foxhole.

Visit Mission Capodanno serving those who serve. To send a free Catholic care package to someone on active duty go here. And pray daily for our military. Our soldiers today are like those Christian soldiers in the first century who served a pagan empire. As the United States becomes more and more pagan and barbaric those serving will have more and more difficult moral issues to face. May God give them strength and protect them from harm and from the venal administrations they often serve who see war, not as tragedy, but as political opportunity and a major money-making opportunity for the greedy!