February 8

PATRIOTISM is serving God and nation nobly

Praise God with trumpets…  Praise God with drums and dancing. 
~ Psalm 150:3-4

Julia Ward Howe was an American poet and activist.  She worked for the abolition of slavery, the vote for women, prison reform, and world peace.  She penned the stirring lyrics of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” to provide more suitable words for the melody “John Brown’s Body.” 

The hymn went on to become the marching song of the North, just as ‘Dixie’ became the marching song of the South.  ~ Mark Link, S.J.

What unique set of talents do we Knights possess and how might we better use them to greater service of God and nation?

God sent His singers upon earth
with songs of sadness and mirth,
That they might touch the hearts of men
and bring them back to heaven again.
~ Henry Wordsworth Longfellow