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I told the priest I wanted to be a nun. He didn't smile at me like Sister Bridget had done when I told her as if I’d told her a joke. Sit down Martha he said. I sat down in the room   in the priest's house. It smelt of polish and pipe tobacco. He had dark curly hair and blue eyes and a wide mouth. He asked me about my wanting to be a nun why and when I first felt the calling. I told him I loved the Crucified loved seeing Him and talking to Him often. The priest looked at me his eyes large like cob-stoppers. He said I was too young yet no religious order will take a girl of 14. I will be 15 soon I said. He raised his thick eyebrows and said I’d have to wait until I was at least 16. **** me I mused that's too long. I never said that to him just put on a disappointed face like I do if me ma tells me to make me bed and tidy me room. If you have a vocation then you are blessed by God so you must wait and study and pray he said. When I crossed over me leg and showed me thigh he went red.
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May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017 at 3:38 AM UTC
MARTHA AND THE PRIEST 1963
I told the priest I wanted to be a nun. He didn't smile at me like Sister Bridget had done when I told her as if I’d told her a joke. Sit down Martha he said. I sat down in the room   in the priest's house. It smelt of polish and pipe tobacco. He had dark curly hair and blue eyes and a wide mouth. He asked me about my wanting to be a nun why and when I first felt the calling. I told him I loved the Crucified loved seeing Him and talking to Him often. The priest looked at me his eyes large like cob-stoppers. He said I was too young yet no religious order will take a girl of 14. I will be 15 soon I said. He raised his thick eyebrows and said I’d have to wait until I was at least 16. **** me I mused that's too long. I never said that to him just put on a disappointed face like I do if me ma tells me to make me bed and tidy me room. If you have a vocation then you are blessed by God so you must wait and study and pray he said. When I crossed over me leg and showed me thigh he went red.
A GIRL IN EIRE AND THE PRIEST 1963
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May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017 at 3:38 AM UTC
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