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XIII. Monsignor Paul talks about a priest who slowly turned into an angel
"My friend, a vicar," said Monsignor Paul, looking at the chicken farm by the church, "slowly turned into an angel.
"Why, did he grow wings or what," said Master Adalbert.
“Yes. Something of that sort”, answered Monsignor Paul slowly.
"Bullshit," said Master Adalbert.
"Anyway, he was frightened, too," said Monsignor Paul, "and went to the doctor, and he said, father, buy yourself a cover or a lot of bandages, because soon these wings cannot be hidden."
"And it proved true," continued Monsignor Paul, watching the chicken pecking seeds - so my priest began to carry around a backpack. And then the backpack was not enough, so the priest bought a guitar box. Pretending he became such a music fan. Everyone was surprised because he before he had difficulty singing.
“And then he bought a double bass box” – father Hyacinth tried to ironize.
"No, because you do not carry a double bass box on your back," said Monsignor Paul. You only pull it behind on wheels. I know it for sure because I used to be an orchestra inspector.
“Well, and what about this priest? Did he have any more angelic qualities? Bilocation?" Father Hyacinth wanted to know.
“No, nothing at all. Only those wings”, answered Monsignor Paul. And in order to say a mass, if you would like to know, he bound them to his back with a cingulum. Until finally he got trapped.
“Someone spotted it?”, asked father Hyacinth.
“The vicar once said a Latin Mass according to the Tridentine form, and at the beginning of his prefiguration, when he turned to the people and said "Dominus vobiscum", he turned on his heels so vigorously that he hitched the cingulum to the Missal, the knot got released and the wings spread in full glory. What a picture it was - a priest with spread arms at the altar, and two angel wings behind him. Just like Botticelli.
"Botticelli did not paint priests, though," said Father Hyacinth.
"Sorry, an inaccurate metaphor," said Monsignor Paul. “But, mind you, this priest decided to stay like this to the end of the mass, he did not run away. And then no one came to him to the sacristy to ask, "What does that mean?"
- And? said Master Adalbert.
- Only one man sent him a letter. "Next time put a gothic chasuble on please. We do not come here for the Tridentine mass to see these new-fashioned chasubles."
"Curious," said Master Adalbert.
- Not so much, because there was a long choir in this church, and everyone was behind the balusters. No chance to see the celebrant well from this distance" concluded Monsignor Paul and began to throw seeds to the cage again.
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