“It was of tremendous comfort. I always said my prayers at night. My mother taught actually me to say prayers at night but most of it came from the church.” SaidMotherNightChurchPrayerTaughtComfort Author:Wesley Clark
“I wouldn't have known anything about Catholicism if I hadn't been dating Gert. In those days, Catholics were much less ecumenical than they are today. Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City and later when we went to Oxford before we got married we always went to the Catholic church.” IfsMindTodayChurchCitiesKnownNew YorkMarriedDatingCatholicCatholicismNew York CityCatholic ChurchOxford Author:Wesley Clark
“Actually when I was wounded and recovering in Japan. I went to church there and I remember on the air base where their hospital was, I remember coming out of that church and feeling like I had been - at that point I just felt very, very close to God and that I'd done the right thing with my life. And I knew I wasn't going back to Vietnam. I just knew I wasn't going back.” DoneFeelingsRememberFeltChurchAirRight ThingJapanHospitalsVietnamComing OutWoundedRecovering Author:Wesley Clark
“One night I walked out of the church when the priest said that we should never have fought the Revolutionary war and every war was bad. It was 4th of July. It was an outrageously political statement. I just never felt right when people in the church would take these overtly political positions especially when I felt like I was a good Christian, I was serving my country, and I just didn't feel like I deserved to be lambasted by the priest on the 4th of July.” PeopleFeelsShouldSaidWarCountryChristianPoliticalNightFeltChurchPositionStatementsRevolutionaryPriestsServing4th Of JulyOne NightJulyGood ChristianRevolutionary War Author:Wesley Clark
“I'm spiritual. I'm religious. I'm a strong Christian and I'm a Catholic but I go to a Presbyterian Church. Occasionally I go to the Catholic church too. I take communion. I haven't transferred my membership or anything.” ChristianSpiritualStrongChurchReligiousHavensCatholicCommunionCatholic ChurchMembershipPresbyterians Author:Wesley Clark
