NOVENA ST. JOHN VIANNEY
2 Maccabees, Chapter 12, Verse 22
But when Judas’ first cohort appeared, the enemy was overwhelmed with fear and terror at the manifestation of
the all-seeing One. Scattering in every direction, they rushed away in such
headlong flight that in many cases they wounded one another, pierced by the
points of their own swords.
With the death of
Antiochus IV the gang warfare of sorts ceases for a while, yet the problem with
Hellenization has not ended and the temple needs to be defended by Judas. Small
battles ensue and although Antiochus VI is dead the real power was placed in Lysias
who was in charge of the government and military. Judas defeats him with the power
of God when a mysterious horseman appears to help the armies of the Lord. Peace
with the Syrians is temporary but the gang warfare continues. Judas marches
into the Transjordan when he comes upon a large force which he engages. Here we
see that despite the enemies of God having an overwhelming force they are put
to route by a mysterious being (all seeing) and flee causing their own
destruction.[1]
Men are frequently
blinded by fear and as a result often harmed themselves. The grace of God gives
confidence to see the right and to stand when called. Today we begin the novena
of St. John Vianney a priest endowed with the power of “seeing all”. This Saint
was the patron saint of a mentor of mine Father Paul Wolf. Please pray for the
soul of a great priest and friend of mine who I had the pleasure of knowing
while stationed in Belgium. Paul was General Patton’s guide during the “Battle
of the Bulge” while he was still a teen. Paul introduced me to St. Vianney and
I would like to introduce you to this priest and national hero over the next
few blog entries; more to come. Father Paul Wolff was 15 years old when he
first joined the Belgium resistance during the years of the Nazi occupation of
World War II. He was the youngest member of the Belgium resistance.
Unfortunately he and other members of his group were captured and at 17 he was
tortured, condemned to death and imprison in the Nazi Prison in Liege, Belgium.
There he languished yet his faith would not allow him to lose all hope and the
resistance still worked to get him and the others (256) out. After his
escape he went underground. He was a friend of King Leopold III. He served as
General Patton's Belgian guide during the battle of the bulge.
December 24, 1944
Father Paul communicated
to me the tale about the battle of the bulge that has not been recorded in
history. During WWII the US Army was segregated and black men were not mixed
with white men. Black men mostly served in support roles such as transportation
and as cooks, etc. During the course of the Battle of the Bulge’ Hilter sent in
a special operations team to confuse and destroy the American Army. It was
composed of American NAZI’s and German’s who spoke perfect American slang, knew
the culture, baseball stuff, etc. These Spec Ops were equipped with American
Uniforms and equipment that was captured by Gen. Rommel from North Africa. Father
Wolff was at a meeting with Gen. Patton, Bradley, Eisenhower and the English
Gen. Montgomery in Luxembourg City on the evening of Dec. 24th 1944.
The Generals were very excited and afraid because of the effect these NAZI spec
ops were having in the warzone and due to the fact that they had murdered many
men. They did not know what to do. Patton who was a visionary, suddenly stood
up and said, I know exactly what to do. From this time forward nothing in the
American Army will move without a black American in the group. Patton knew
there were no black NAZI’s. As a result black units were moved forward and
integrated and as far as I know this was the first time in American History
since the Civil War. As a result the NAZI spec ops team was neutralized.
Ardent Faith
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
Comments
Post a Comment