For Father Kapaun, this meant becoming an Army chaplain -- serving God and country.

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But I am a father, and the latest God of War: Ascension live-action trailer struck a note with me.

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And I make a very good salary, but just going through caring for my mother the last year and a half, and before that, my father, who, thank God, lived to ripe old ages -- it was -- it's not easy.

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First he must reveal himself to his son Telemachos, who has been vainly searching for him, and convince him that he is, indeed, his father a tough act since the goddess Athena has just turned Odysseus into a younger, god-like man, and recognition hangs on disbelieving your eyes.

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He had never seen Jesus before, though his preacher-father and his mother often spoke with Him, and he knew Him as a friendly presence, unlike terrifying God.

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