FE 2024 Team Fill #11 - Shamrock
Feb. 15th, 2024 06:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy stood before the congregation made up of weary souls, some of them from the 4077th, but most of them consisting of the wounded well enough to attend the service. His voice was gentle as he addressed them, offering what comfort and hope he could in the middle of the war that felt as though it'd never end.
"Did you know that Saint Patrick was supposed to have used the shamrock to illustrate the Trinity?" he asked, pausing to let his question hang in the air for a moment.
The question had its desired effect as a murmur of curiosity went through the congregation. Father Mulcahy gave one of his soft smiles, and continued, "Yes, it is said that Saint Patrick used the leaves of three found in the shamrock to symbolize the God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit — as a way of showing how three distinct persons could still be One."
A few of the heads before him nodded their understanding.
With his smile growing bigger and his eyes shining with the light of his faith, Father Mulcahy added, "Just like the shamrock is one plant with three leaves, so also is God in three persons. It's one of the mysteries of our faith that maybe hard to understand sometimes even with Saint Patrick's fine symbol, but it also reminds us at the same time the depth and complexity of our faith."
The soldiers listened intently, finding comfort in the priest's words in the middle of all the uncertainty and even in the fear that surrounded them on a daily basis.
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