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Story 134

So Long in Church

In ST. PAUL at ST. PETER'S Catholic Church FATHER PATRICK, the
head PRIEST, PREACHED from his PERCH, a PULPIT of PINE, POPLAR, and

PAPER birch.

He said a couple r r r e e e d d d u u u n n n d d d a a a n n n t t t and r r r e e e p p p e e e t t t i i i t t t i i i o o o u u u s s s, though r r r e e e m m m a a a r r r k k k a a a b b b l l l y y y

and r r r i i i d d d i i i c c c u u u l l l o o o u u u s s s l l l y y y, r r r e e e m m m e e e m m m b b b e e e r r r a a a b b b l l l e e e things: “ Each and every single solitary

sinner’s soul has been besmirched, with stain, smear, smudge, or

smirch. Therefore, every month on the first, fifth, fifteenth and
twenty-fifth and on the first and fifth Fridays, we ought not in the

least, feast but fast, from fish like flounder, PIKE, PICKEREL, and PERCH.

“ The Bible we must research, searching, scouting, striving for

our Heavenly plot, our place, our perch. Otherwise we leave to chance

being left alone, lorn, forlorn, lonely in a lurch!