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The Angelus

The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

Hail Mary . . .

And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary . . .

Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

I’ve been upset all day, ever since I read on Drudge about the Catholic priest that was convicted of complicity in the child abuse accusations.

My Dad was the desk sergeant in a township that bordered Philadelphia when a class of acolytes was molested. Those boys would be the same age as this priest that was convicted. My parents never told me about the problem, another student told me. My mother confirmed it years later.

At the time I didn’t even know what homosexuals did with each other. All that I knew was that the priest had gotten the boys drunk on church wine, in the basement and did things to them. One of the boys broke down and told his parents. The church made a deal with the township authorities AND THE PARENTS, to send the priest to some rehabilitation site, out west, if the parents would not press charges. 5 of the boys transferred to the public school. I knew one of them personally. I don’t know what happened to the rest or how many there were in the acolyte class.

I’ve been upset about this all day. I’m not sure why. It just seems so strange to me that everyone didn’t know about this and other similar events that had nothing to do with the Catholic Church.

I’ve been upset all day, ever since I read on Drudge about the Catholic priest that was convicted of complicity in the child abuse accusations.

My Dad was the desk sergeant in a township that bordered Philadelphia when a class of acolytes was molested. Those boys would be the same age as this priest that was convicted. My parents never told me about the problem, another student told me. My mother confirmed it years later.

At the time I didn’t even know what homosexuals did with each other. All that I knew was that the priest had gotten the boys drunk on church wine, in the basement and did things to them. One of the boys broke down and told his parents. The church made a deal with the township authorities AND THE PARENTS, to send the priest to some rehabilitation site, out west, if the parents would not press charges. 5 of the boys transferred to the public school. I knew one of them personally. I don’t know what happened to the rest or how many there were in the acolyte class.

I’ve been upset about this all day. I’m not sure why. It just seems so strange to me that everyone didn’t know about this and other similar events that had nothing to do with the Catholic Church.