24 April 2006

"We've got to make room for everything and everybody - goats included. Whether it be a goat or a lambkin, the Master expects each beast to be returned in healthy condition. Don't go trying to stop a goat stinking like a goat - a waste of time and a source of despair, I can tell you...

A Christian people doesn't mean a lot of little goody-goodies. The Church has plenty of stamina, and isn't afraid of sin. On the contrary, she can look it in the face calmly and even take it upon herself, assume it at times, as Our Lord did."

~the Cure de Torcy in "The Diary of a Country Priest" by Georges Bernanos
(a masterpiece of storytelling)

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