Dec 17, 2019 · Catholic chaplain James Hugh O’Neill composed the “Weather Prayer” for General Patton to advance to victory during the Battle of the Bulge. “Anyone in any walk of life who is …

Just in time for Christmas, General George S. Patton’s prayer for good weather was answered in the deadliest battle fought by the US in WWII.

May 21, 2024 · From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of courage, resilience, and faith during the Second World War General …

At eleven o’clock on the morning of December 8, Patton telephoned the head chaplain, Monsignor James H. O’Neill: “This is General Patton; do you have a good prayer for weather?

Dec 6, 2013 · This is the true story of the Catholic priest behind Patton’s famous Prayer for Fair Weather for Battle – different from the version memorialized in the famous movie PATTON.

Dec 17, 2006 · Many know the story of General Patton’s prayer for better weather in order to more efficiently kill the Germans in the winter of 1944. Few know of his Christmas Greeting …

Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle.

Dec 16, 2014 · Here is the prayer said by Patton, on his knees, at a chapel in Luxembourg City on December 23, 1944. It is a rough soldier’s prayer and some may find it offensive.

Dec 8, 2024 · The incident of the now famous Patton Prayer commenced with a telephone call to the Third Army Chaplain on the morning of December 8, 1944, when the Third Army …

The prayer provides a connection to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers struggling in the winter weather to achieve victory over Germany’s last offensive in the West. Their story is told in this …