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
42. Homesickness ~
After all these years
the thought arises
You might recall
those hidden winces
of homesickness
when,
after train rides
across the night
our ways wound back
to a crib
we knelt at
before
a blurred plastic
figure on straw
under
half-naked pines.
~
Mir fällt's ein, dass Du,
nach all den Jahren
an jene verborgenen Zuchungen
des Heimwehs
vielleicht vergessen hast,
daß unsere Wege
nach langen Zugfahrten
durch die Nacht
uns zu Deiner Krippe
zurückgebracht,
wo wir uns vor einer billigen
Gipsfigur auf Stroh hinknieten,
dort unter den halbnakten
Weihnachtsbäumchen.
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