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
29. Wooing ~
Passers-by would stop
along the cinder path
to watch us
at our football games
but never knew
that we were playing
for You
with
torrid fervor
as if to win You over.
~
Passanten blieben stehen
auf dem Gehweg
und schauten zu,
als wir Football spielten,
aber keiner ahnte,
dass wir eigentlich
mit solch brennender
Leidenschaft
allein für Dich spielten,
um Deine Aufmerksamkeit
irgendwie
für uns
gewinnen zu können.
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