Holy Disturbance

I cannot switch off from Joseph.  He has inched his way into my soul.  He comes to the presbytery on a Saturday around four.  He smells, he shouts, he stares.  He is a heavy drinker, a gambler, and has frequent brushes with the Law.  He barges into every conversation I try to have with parishioners before and after Mass. He mutters obscenities and will not be silenced.  He rings me at all hours of the […]

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