Man of His Word
By: Trivette Lover Heather
AN: I probably shouldn't start another story, cuz I got a couple floating around, but I heard this song and it struck a chord, I thought about the shows I Could write it into, and I thought of Father Mulcahy, cuz the guy may be not be a huge character, but I think we know very little about him. So here is a little story, I may use some of the lyrics again in Back in The World, another story I'm doing, but I'm not sure. The song is "Man of His Word" By Bob Carlisle, I may slightly change the lyrics for the story purposes but it is His song; a wonderful song, I recommend it!
AN: I'm going to take parts of the song and make chapters, using different lyrics for different stories/characters… And so you know for the following…
CH1– Father Mulcahy
CH2- BJ
CH3-Soldier
CH4-Henry
Maybe more?
**Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
It was its usually cold day in Philadelphia as the young priest walked the streets to his parish. As he walked down the street all bundled up, trying to protect himself from the wind, he noticed an elderly man in an alley. Without hesitation he took his coat off, handed it to the man and continued on his way.
Finally he arrived and felt the warm air hit him, as he opened the doors.
"Morning sisters" He said tipping his hat, passing by the sanctuary to his office in the back of the church.
He was a much loved young man, it was his first year having his own congregation and things were changing. He wasn't as strict as the former priest which had to mean, he may lose some of his congregation. But something compelled him to allow God's love to flow out of his message and not the practices. Before he went to seminary he thought about being an architect, rather than priest hood, but life has its way sometimes and his purpose was clear.
Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy didn't care what denomination he served as long as he served at all. This would prove to be helpful in his next venture.
Moments after he sat down at his desk, Sister Mary Margaret came in to give him the mail.
"Thank you Sister" and he smiled his wonderful smile.
He rustled through the letters but one struck him as peculiar.
"United States Army?" He said to himself. As he opened it and read it he fell into more disbelief.
He looked up, "Me? Why me? I just got my own congregation, don't you want me here?"
The answer was clear. Korea it was and Korea it had to be.
That Sunday he gave his last service, when he would return he didn't know but he left his church with this…
"He is the rock,
He is the one we must run to,
And when he says the word "Forever,"
Your heart will know it's true
He was the one that I ran to
Cause when he says the word "forever"
I know his word is true
He isn't a saint
He is the one the saints bow to
Come to the man
The man of his word."
After Three years in Korea, his daily journal was torn and worn, but the day had come when it was time to go home. Without anyone knowing he slipped a small note into the time capsule the camp was making, it read…
"Clutching a strong belief in the bible,
through all the sweetness in my life, and the bitterness of war,
I knew what God had made me for..."
Signed Till Eternity,
- Captain Father Francis John P. Mulcahy, Clergy United States Army, Korea 1950-1954
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THE END CHAPTER 1
NEXT: BJ Hunnicutt
By: Trivette Lover Heather
AN: I probably shouldn't start another story, cuz I got a couple floating around, but I heard this song and it struck a chord, I thought about the shows I Could write it into, and I thought of Father Mulcahy, cuz the guy may be not be a huge character, but I think we know very little about him. So here is a little story, I may use some of the lyrics again in Back in The World, another story I'm doing, but I'm not sure. The song is "Man of His Word" By Bob Carlisle, I may slightly change the lyrics for the story purposes but it is His song; a wonderful song, I recommend it!
AN: I'm going to take parts of the song and make chapters, using different lyrics for different stories/characters… And so you know for the following…
CH1– Father Mulcahy
CH2- BJ
CH3-Soldier
CH4-Henry
Maybe more?
**Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
It was its usually cold day in Philadelphia as the young priest walked the streets to his parish. As he walked down the street all bundled up, trying to protect himself from the wind, he noticed an elderly man in an alley. Without hesitation he took his coat off, handed it to the man and continued on his way.
Finally he arrived and felt the warm air hit him, as he opened the doors.
"Morning sisters" He said tipping his hat, passing by the sanctuary to his office in the back of the church.
He was a much loved young man, it was his first year having his own congregation and things were changing. He wasn't as strict as the former priest which had to mean, he may lose some of his congregation. But something compelled him to allow God's love to flow out of his message and not the practices. Before he went to seminary he thought about being an architect, rather than priest hood, but life has its way sometimes and his purpose was clear.
Father Francis John Patrick Mulcahy didn't care what denomination he served as long as he served at all. This would prove to be helpful in his next venture.
Moments after he sat down at his desk, Sister Mary Margaret came in to give him the mail.
"Thank you Sister" and he smiled his wonderful smile.
He rustled through the letters but one struck him as peculiar.
"United States Army?" He said to himself. As he opened it and read it he fell into more disbelief.
He looked up, "Me? Why me? I just got my own congregation, don't you want me here?"
The answer was clear. Korea it was and Korea it had to be.
That Sunday he gave his last service, when he would return he didn't know but he left his church with this…
"He is the rock,
He is the one we must run to,
And when he says the word "Forever,"
Your heart will know it's true
He was the one that I ran to
Cause when he says the word "forever"
I know his word is true
He isn't a saint
He is the one the saints bow to
Come to the man
The man of his word."
After Three years in Korea, his daily journal was torn and worn, but the day had come when it was time to go home. Without anyone knowing he slipped a small note into the time capsule the camp was making, it read…
"Clutching a strong belief in the bible,
through all the sweetness in my life, and the bitterness of war,
I knew what God had made me for..."
Signed Till Eternity,
- Captain Father Francis John P. Mulcahy, Clergy United States Army, Korea 1950-1954
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THE END CHAPTER 1
NEXT: BJ Hunnicutt