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
30. Temptation ~
Are those fatherly trees
still standing
around the baseball field
spreading
their branches
over the benches
where we sat
between innings
being tempted
to forsake You
for the lights
and distant
smoke-filled
diamonds.
~
Stehen die väterliche Bäume
immer noch
rund um den Baseballplatz
und breiten ihre Äste aus
über die Bänke
wo wir saßen
als wir nicht am Schlagen waren
und gegen die Versuchung
kämpfen mußten
Dich zu verlassen
um zu versuchen
eines Tages gut genug zu sein
um auf dem großen glitzernden
Spielfeld von Chicago
Baseballhelden zu werden.
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