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Sunday, 14. June 2009, 13:36
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- PJD
- Sunday, 14. June 2009, 11:16
"When celebrating mass with rockets landing a few hundred yards away brevity has its appeal"
I assume naturally that even in those circumstances the Mass includes all of the 'proper' so that the sacrificial element is completed.
PJD
Nothing omitted. Just said a little more quickly, though I hope not irreverently. Interestingly prior to my arrival the Canadian chaplain had halted the Mass and taken to the shelter inviting people to return later and resume the service. As garrison chaplain I decreed that once the mass had begun it would continue and people were free to hit the deck, seek shelter or whatever but I would remain and continue with the mass. This was not bravado it was just that having seen the ineffectiveness of the shelters I reasoned that the chapel was probably safer and if we were going to be in receipt of a direct hit the chapel would be a better place for my body to be torn apart than a converted drainpipe. 100% of my congregation agreed without hesitation, the Canadian had no choice he was under my authority.
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2:14 PM Nov 25