Photos of Mass during WW1

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It appears as though they had more reverent masses in the field during WWI than they do at some parishes today. Wonderful photos.
 
Considering these were war masses, And troops were going into or had been in battle or were injured, God would be close in the mind. Its not a fair comparison as a litmus test to say well it appears these are reverent masses compared to some we have today. You had a collection of men who knew the potential of their existing until nightfall was a % a great deal less then 100% during the first world war. This war was one of the deadliest in history and the casualties are estimated at 37 million. That is more then the population of my entire country.
 
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Wow! wonderful what a comfort during the war times ,well documented ,i wonder which version of the Bible was it?
 
Well, of course they were all Tridentine Latin Mass, so by definition they were more reverent, celebrated in the field or not…
 
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And ironically, it was one of the most immoral unjust wars of modern times.

After Mass, they all went off to slaughter others.

Oh, but they were reverent at Mass. 😉

Jim
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OK, you made me chuckle by pointing out the irony there. 😀

Still, I wish we could see that level of reverence in Masses not on a battlefield.
 
CCC 2310 Public authorities, in this case, have the right and duty to impose on citizens the obligations necessary for national defense .

Those who are sworn to serve their country in the armed forces are servants of the security and freedom of nations. If they carry out their duty honorably, they truly contribute to the common good of the nation and the maintenance of peace.

2321 The prohibition of murder does not abrogate the right to render an unjust aggressor unable to inflict harm. Legitimate defense is a grave duty for whoever is responsible for the lives of others or the common good.
 
There was no need of national defense when the war began

It was totally the result of national pride by leaders of nations.

Wilson did his best to keep the US out of it, but failed by supplying the British and French, which caused Germany to sink ships coming out of the US

BTW, my grandfather served in WWI and on four fronts.

WWI history has been an interest of mine for a long time.

BTW, the CCC you quote ? Cardinal Spellman used it to tell Catholics that going to fight in Vietnam was an honor. I won’t say what my confessor said about him. 😃

Jim
 
When you get a chance, get the book, “The Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour,”
by Joseph E, Persico.

Despite knowing that the Armistice would go into effect on November 11, at 11 AM, the allied leaders decided to make a push of forces to be sure that they got more land by 11, than what they already held.

In that hour, more lives were lost than on the D-Day invasion of Normandy in WWII.

When 11 AM came, bugles and church bells rang out and the guns went silent. Allied troops suddenly looked around at the dead and asked, “what the was this for ?”

Jim
 
Nonsense, I have no contempt for the dead of WWI, but acknowledge that they fought and died in vain and with the blessing from the Church.

The treaty at Versailles , set up the events that led to WWII.

Jim
 
I don’t know how many times I have said this, but I attend both types of Masses and in many different buildings. It’s not the Mass , it’s the condition of the heart at that Mass.

If your bias and prejudice tells you one Mass is xyz compared to another, that’s human error.

At Mass we worship God. If a doomed martyr can worship in a rat infested dungeon and find reverence, or while hanging upside down on a Cross, then we need to learn to be reverent in the comfort of 21st century innovation.

And that’s the goal of us creatures. In every place you go today, put a mental picture of Jesus in the scene. Sanctify each situation with knowing Jesus is there.
 
Does it matter how it started, when 37 million ended up dead. Does it? For those troops and civilians how it started was long lost in the survival and horror of the thing.
 
I didn’t mispost

WWI was an unjust immoral war.

This has no contempt for the men who served, for they were victims as soldiers often are in most wars.

My grandfather fought in WWI and I served in the Marines during Vietnam. We have no use for war.

Jim
 
Not a job like other jobs

They were sent to fight and die in war and all wars have evil in them, regardless of how politicians try to spin them

Jim
 
JimR-OCDS said:
It was totally the result of national pride by leaders of nations.
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JimR-OCDS said:
There was no need of national defense when the war began
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Regardless of the cause, a war requires defense against an aggressor

What, should France have just allowed Germany to roll on through to France?
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BTW, the CCC you quote ? Cardinal Spellman used it to tell Catholics that going to fight in Vietnam was an honor. I won’t say what my confessor said about him.
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Frankly, I could care less about what your confessor and Cdl. Spellman think.

Roma locuta est, causa finita est
 
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Mass in the mud at the DMZ in Korea 24 FEB 2003. At the times we we could get Mass, the padre used a poncho for a chasuble and a proxima stand for an altar that leveled out on the terrain. Remember the padres are not armed (non xombattant), so the weapon belongs to one of the soldiers.
 
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