Tuesday, 2/28/ 17
On reading today’s Gospel, I recall a wonderful priest who
spoke to us students about today’s Gospel. That priest, Father Tim, was my
idol. Anytime I saw seminarians gathered around him I would join the group to
hear his sharp comments. Unconsciously,
I picked up some of his mannerism, and people sometimes said I sounded like
Father Tim.
After twenty hears or so I visited a priests’ residence
where I saw a sad old man with half a drink in one hand, and half a cigarette
in the other.
I asked who he was,
an I got the answer, “You should know him. That’s Father Tim.”
Although I have never had any will power, with God’s help I
had my last cigarette over forty years ago, and my last bit of alcohol over thirty
years ago. In exchange for those deadening crutches I have a clear mind and an
appreciation for everything real in the world around us.
1 comment:
That's it, Father.
I've kept from drinking with Bible reading.
I have no willpower, the Word has an amzing
power
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