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
82. Empty Prayers ~
When we walked
out the path
and stood
by the iron pickets
where the crosses lay
did we rely
on routine prayers
for something
to say?
~
Als wir entlang den Pfad liefen
und kamen zu der Stelle
wo der eisernen Lattenzaun
den Friedhof umgab
und für die Verstorbenen
beten sollten
haben wir immer
abgedroschene Formeln gesagt
weil wir nicht wußten
was wir sonst sagen sollten?
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