We were just boys at that time, teen-agers who ardently wanted to be priests . . .As was common practice in the 1940s, candidates for the priesthood were sought in Catholic grade schools and those young teenagers who felt called went off to a Preparatory Seminary and were introduced to a formation that profoundly transformed their lives. Their training was rigorous, but kind and gentle.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
83. Baroque ~
I was disappointed
when I found out
You lived in baroque
churches.
Didn't You feel
more at home
in our chapel of wood
with no other
columned grandeur
than the plump leg
of Your plain altar?
~
Ich muß Dir sagen
ich war enttäuscht
herauszufinden daß Du
in Barockkirchen wohntest.
Fühltest Du Dich
nicht eher zu Hause
in unserer einfachen Holzkapelle
ungekünstelt wie sie war
abgesehen von dem plumpen Bein
Deines schlichten Altars?
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