Today is a bonanza of chivalry and manliness after God the Father’s own heart:
Which brings up the second incident in which St. Gabriel Possenti demonstrated the virtues of Catholic manhood. Again it involved a potential rape, but this time the victims were a couple of young virgins. The perpetrators were two soldiers-turned-brigands who were part of a larger gang pillaging the village.
Rather than hide in the monastery like the rest of the clergy, St. Gabriel Possenti approached the rapists and grabbed their revolvers. With a pistol in each hand, he ordered the brutes to unhand the crying maidens.
The Medal of Honor awarded to Lt. Col. Bruce Crandall.
Crandall and his wingman, Ed “Too Tall” Freeman, saved 70 wounded soldiers that day.
Bishop Finn’s pastoral letter to combat pornography in his diocese.
The pastoral letter also urges Catholics to tap into the power of prayer and the sacraments, particularly frequent confession and reception of the Eucharist, in order to break the cycle of pornography use and build the spiritual graces and strength to resist future temptation.
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