Learn Your Faith - Lent 2011

[Chiara Francesco]

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[b]The below is an excerpt from "The Black Sheep Dog"—An Autobiography by Fr. John Corapi.[/b]

[b]The Black Sheep Dog[/b]


[i] "Over ten thousand people were gathered as sixty-two of us processed down the nave of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. At the end of the procession was the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II—a man immersed in prayer, a man of grace and holiness, a man surely destined to become a saint. As I arrived at my place I glanced a few feet behind me, and there was the familiar and unforgettable presence of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, flanked by two of her Missionaries of Charity. A saint in front of me, and a saint behind me—the music, the art, the history, and the beauty of the Church’s tradition were overwhelming. I was about to be ordained a priest.

Finally, I knelt before the Successor of St. Peter. His hands rested on my head as he conferred the sacrament of Holy Orders. A thousand dark and desperate moments, like malevolent soldiers from another time, crashed the gate, and at what seemed like the speed of a single thought, my whole life passed before me.

I was terrified, and I had no idea where I was. My head and my heart were pounding from the effects of three days of a cocaine-induced hell. What goes up must come down, and the law of gravity was functioning just as predictably on my body and mind as it does on all material objects. The White Lady is seductive and exotic when first you meet her, but in the end she’s a cruel and heartless lover. She’ll leave you more desolate, cold, and miserable than you ever could imagine. If she doesn’t give you a heart attack, she may convince you to kill yourself, for the dark depths of despair can be unbearable.[/i]"

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Edited February 26, 2011 by Chiara Francesco