Comments on: Sunday meditation: Mass at St. John’s of Baghdad

By: tre

tre — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:22:00 +0000

#13 and #20

I am a practicing Southern Baptist with a strong faith in God and my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
And I would have liked to have been there, too.
I know that Muslims and Christians can get along. I had Muslim friends in college. I often wished them a Merry Christmas. They would thank me and wish me the same. They would wish me a Happy Ramadan. I thanked them and wished them the same.

By: leepro

leepro — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:51:32 +0000

re: #13 swj719AWG said:

I’m barely Christian (lapsed luthern), and *I* wanna celebrate mass there…

Likewise. Catholic (lapsed, but still strong faith in God), and I want to celebrate Mass there! :’)

By: englishqueen01

englishqueen01 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:47:42 +0000

Think the left will actually take notice or continue to ignore anything that does not fit their agenda?

They have ignored this, WarTip. Especially the part about al Qaeda causing the strife between Muslims and Christians in the first place. ‘Cause that would go against the whole “We’re for fighting al Qaeda, but al Qaeda’s not in Iraq” argument.

The second Islam turns away from the teachings on persecuting “infidels” and gets along with Christians, the left in this nation will want nothing to do with Islam, either.

In their view, all religion must be eradicated in order to achieve the moral-free utopia they want (you know, the one “created” by communists and totalitarian governments…the ones that have cost 170 million people their lives).

As I said above – this story makes me happy to no end. I hope it continues throughout the world.

By: WarTip

WarTip — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:46:31 +0000

Its amazing that people who have lived in such oppression can openly come out to celebrate together while people here in the US who have lived in relative freedom are fighting to suppress the freedom, the rights and the speech of the people who do not share their views. Think the left will actually take notice or continue to ignore anything that does not fit their agenda? How dare we try and convolute real-good/feel-good opinion with facts and people actually working together!

Funny, I remember when peace through superior firepower was a military thing. Now it seems to be directly related to the harm and destruction the “peaceniks” can create.

The times they are a changin’!

By: hadsil

hadsil — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:06:51 +0000

Wonderful, really.

I support the War, but I’ll be more impressed when a synagogue/shul is opened to such fanfare.

By: englishqueen01

englishqueen01 — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:33:54 +0000

This is a definite step in the right direction.

Let’s hope this unity spreads throughout the Middle East.

By: ThackerAgency

ThackerAgency — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:40:52 +0000

YAY Christians!

By: donnab13

donnab13 — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:17:55 +0000

Thank God for people like Michael Yon.
His posts should be required reading.
God bless our troops and the courageous people of Iraq.

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By: swj719AWG

swj719AWG — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:10:42 +0000

I’m barely Christian (lapsed luthern), and *I* wanna celebrate mass there…

By: Boomer

Boomer — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:00:30 +0000

Thank you Michael Yon for providing the real news about Iraq. I have always trusted him to tell us about the good, the bad, and the ugly he has witnessed first hand. He is what a journalist should be providing the facts with an agenda. We may win this war yet despite what the Democrats are trying to do to loss it. It is wonderful to see hope is alive and well in Iraq. Looks like I need to make a donation to allow his work to continue.

By: Christian Soldier

Christian Soldier — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:11:53 +0000

Thank God for Michael Yon, our brave soldiers, and our new friends in Iraq.
Now would be a good time to donate to Michael so that he can continue his awesome work.

By: fred5676

fred5676 — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:23:57 +0000

(I’ll try again, without the literal URL)

I just sent this email to (my) Senator Reid:

Dear Senator Reid,

I know your strong feelings about the Iraq war and your famous comment that “The war is lost”, but I hope you would agree that this story holds a glimmer of hope that the war may yet be won – in the very best sense of the word ‘won.’

The first Catholic mass in the Dora section of Baghdad in many years, celebrated with Iraqi civilians, Iraqi soldiers, and American service members in attendance.

Please enjoy the photos at:

(URL was here)

and please let our military finish the job they were sent to do.

By: BrianNY

BrianNY — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:22:24 +0000

Michael Yon asked an Iraqi interpreter:

I asked Ice if the Muslims treat the Christians poorly in Iraq, and he said what other Iraqi Christians and Muslims have also told me: an unequivocal “No.” Ice said they had no problems at all until al Qaeda instigated friction between people.

Gives a little more perspective to the democrat mantra that “Iraq is a civil war.”

By: 30 pcs of silver

30 pcs of silver — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:04:01 +0000

I pray that the Christians see this and do indeed come home.

God Bless them all! This is absolutely wonderful.

I pray this continues.

Happy Thanksgiving!