Posted on 05/07/2020 9:22:47 AM PDT by Antoninus
Thank you for posting this. I was not familiar with this story.
The scene was partially shown in the “Gettysburg” movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5c2wMSc-g4
Interesting this scene was after the scene where the British Officer commented all the prominent leaders was a WASP.
Catholic ping.
Sharing this well written snap shot of a battle that I am now determined to learn more about, has been a gift. Thank You.
Civil War ping.
One Civil War movie I saw years ago and have never been able to find again, was "Journey to Shiloh." I have Buck Henry's book, and I love it. The movie was pretty good too (James Caan, Michael Sarazin ...) but it's nowhere to be found on any of the streaming services or DVD or other media.
Not a fan of Sheen but thought he did a respectful job of portraying Gen. Lee. The 1990s seem like a very long time ago; we will not see a prog turning in any such respectful performance again.
The giant painting of this scene is on display at the Snite Museum on Notre Dame University’s campus. Henry Wood is the artist. It is a magnificent piece of art and is the first piece one sees when they enter the Snite.
Father Corby was a Holy Cross priest from Notre Dame.
Ping
Which is another thing I've never understood about the Union position. How Meade (and Hancock) could have overlooked the strategic importance of that high terrain on their flanks and not seized them early on escapes me.
Nice piece. I might contact the blogger to see if he wants to follow our series - here or on FB or Twitter. He could get 5 years worth of solid (and fun) home schooling material.
Would this apply to the ones who were not believers in Christ?
I’m betting you are over 60.
Good question.
General absolution is properly used in one of two circumstances:
When everyone involved has already confessed their sins individually, as part of the service, which takes time and patience unless the group is small or there are a large number of priests (even there, I am dubious that one can confess one’s sins to one priest and receive absolution from a different priest).
When those present face an extraordinary risk of imminent death.
It is illicitly used under any other circumstance, and invalidly used if one’s last confession was also a general absolution as that demonstrates that the requirement that one intend to get to individual confession as soon as possible after the dangerous event has passed is not valid.
From about 1967 through 1980 it was often used in circumstances where it shouldn’t be without comment because following the Council many people lost track of what should and shouldn’t be done.
Since 1980, the tendency has been for people (including priests) to either be better catechized or to deny the reality of sin and damnation, at which point there isn’t much point in going to a general absolution service. They certainly continued in some places into the 90’s, but eventually most priests, at least, got the memo.
I have heard rumours of it being used properly twice during 9/11, and imagine that it has been used at some points during the various wars over the past 40 years, but the occasion for proper use is rare, and people who think that the sacraments are important (especially this one) but either grew up on the Dutch Catechism, or have a Baltimore Catechism education overlaid with a 60’s view of Catholicism and a living faith are fairly rare, and among priests close to non-existent.
Thanks for your answer.
You’re welcome. Thanks for your post. I haven’t thought about the issue for 10 years or so and it was worth revisiting and seeing how things have changed.
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