Memorial Day provides an opportunity to reflect on faith, patriotism, and the ultimate sacrifice. Much wisdom can be found in Bp. Sheen’s words of encouragement to soldiers in the Second World War, excerpted from his Wartime Prayer Book:
The evil in the world must not make me doubt the existence of God. There could be no evil if there were no God.
Before there can be a hole in a uniform, there must be the uniform; before there is death, there must be life; before there is error,…