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
91. Johann Sebastian Bach ~
On those rare occasions
when I sat
in Your presence
in silent awe
and shuddered
wasn't I hearing
lines of Bach Variations
which when first heard
decades later
brought to vibration
the elation
I had known
in those young
years.
~
Und in den seltenen Momenten
als ich in Deiner Gegenwart saß
in schweigender Ehrfurcht und schauderte
war ich nicht dabei
Passagen von Bach Variationen zu hören
die, als ich sie Jahrzehnte später
zuerst hörte
das großartige Hochgefühl herbeiführte
das ich erlebte damals
als ich noch ein Knabe war.
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