Something for the weekend. Song of the Rebel Irish, a deleted scene from the movie Gods and Generals. Of course it is impossible for me to recall that film without also playing the video of the stunning introduction with Civil War banners set to the haunting strains of Mary Fahl’s Going Home:
That song ALWAYS turns me into a blubbering mess of tears!
Another fearless son of Erin, and a Rebel, preaching from the pulpit about war and Catholic principles….John J. Hughes, Archbishop of New York.
https://the-american-catholic.com/2011/07/19/matthew-brady-father-thomas-h-mooney-dagger-john-and-the-fighting-69th/.#sthash.bQ2Z04P9.dpuf
“…..In the meanwhile, beloved brethren, it is enough for us to weep for this calamity, to pray God that it may be put to an end, to make sacrifice of everything that we have to sustain the independence, the unity, the perpetuity, the prosperity of the only Government we acknowledge in the world. But it is not necessary to hate our enemies. It is not necessary to be cruel in battle, nor to be cruel after its termination. It is necessary to be true, to be patriotic, to do for the country what the country needs, and the blessing of God will recompense those who discharge their duty without faltering and without violating any of the laws of God or man…..” http://www.nytimes.com/1862/08/18/news/war-sermon-archbishop-hughes-he-discusses-causes-foreign-for-bearance-recommends.html