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He is a good man for all his
sinful ways. You sent him to me, Lord, to save me for Your Church. If You gave him that mission, he must have found some favour in Your eyes. Give to me the honour and the joy of atoning for his sins and thus of assuring for his soul a place within Your sight on Judgement Day.”
Padraig drew the crucifix towards him and kissed the feet of Jesus. “And Caitlin, Lord. She who taught me to love where I knew only how to fear. Help me to save her from the damnation of turning away from You. I must save her, Lord. I must. And give me the strength to … to love her only as her priest.”
Padraig lowered his forehead onto the hands that held the crucifix, and tears dropped from his eyes. “Caitlin. Caitlin. Are you to be my torment now?”
Manolis Aligizakis 