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About Crosses

“It is not so much what people suffer that makes the world mysterious; it is rather how much they miss when they suffer. They seem to forget that even as children they made obstacles in their games in order to have something to overcome. 

Why, then, when they grow into man’s estate, should there not be prizes won by effort and struggle? Can-not the spirit of man rise with adversity as the bird rises against the resistance of the wind? Do not the game fish swim upstream? Must not the chisel cut away the marble to bring out the form? Must not the seed falling to the ground die before it can spring forth into life? Must not grapes be crushed that there may be wine to drink, and wheat ground that there may be bread to eat? Why then cannot pain be made redemption? Why under the alchemy of Divine Love cannot crosses be turned into crucifixes? Why cannot chastisements be regarded as penances? Why cannot we use a cross to become God-like? 

We cannot become like Him in His Power; we cannot become like Him in His Knowledge. There is only one way we can become like Him, and that is in the way He bore His sorrows and His Cross. And that way was with love. It is love that makes pain bearable.” 

- Archbishop Fulton Sheen (About Crosses)

Fallen Soldiers Cared For By Delta Honor Guards

What you are about to see can only be described as “incredible.” This a group of baggage handlers called the Delta Honor Guard, and they are located at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Like they do many times a week, they are gathered on the tarmac to honor a fallen soldier and his K-9 as their bodies are finally making their way home. The amazing Delta Honor Guard holds a ceremony as the caskets are transferred onto the plane.

The first, larger coffin, is the fallen, unnamed soldier, while the smaller coffin is the soldier’s K-9 partner. The Delta Honor Guard, comprised of volunteers, take amazing care of both. The volunteers have taken it upon themselves to make sure that each of the handful of fallen soldiers who pass through the airport on a given week are treated with respect. Thank you, Delta Honor Guard, for the respect you showed to these fallen heroes, human and canine alike.

 

Source: Dogtube