Places Left Unfinished At the Time of Creation
“As Padrino to my First Communion, my uncle Richard had just given me the rosary, which he said had been in his family a long time. Standing outside the chapel at Mount Sacred Heart Catholic School, my first grade classmates and I look like initiates in a religious training program for Mexican lounge singers, all of us dressed in immaculate white suits, white clip-on ties, and black shoes, our hair oiled and combed with a tiny wave.
The aged nuns, who have names like Sister Alfred Euthanasius an...d Sister Cornelius Dolorosa, hover over us, primping ties and collars, and clasping our hands for prayer in front of us. As we prepare to march down the center aisle, the small chapel is already hazy with new incense.
“Love, love me do! You know I love you!” sings my friend Dennis Perez nervously to himself, standing next to me in the double file we have formed after the offertory. We are all about to eat from the body of Christ for the first time in our lives, and most of us are dumb with fear.MoreLess
The aged nuns, who have names like Sister Alfred Euthanasius an...d Sister Cornelius Dolorosa, hover over us, primping ties and collars, and clasping our hands for prayer in front of us. As we prepare to march down the center aisle, the small chapel is already hazy with new incense.
“Love, love me do! You know I love you!” sings my friend Dennis Perez nervously to himself, standing next to me in the double file we have formed after the offertory. We are all about to eat from the body of Christ for the first time in our lives, and most of us are dumb with fear.MoreLess
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