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The lesson settled into the fabric of his daily routine without fanfare. He continued to prepare for Mass, to listen to confessions, to visit the sick, and to guide those who sought counsel. He continued to value the shared language of Scripture that bound the community together. And from time to time, when a simple remark
from a parishioner or a fellow worker lingered in his thoughts, he would recall the nun’s repeated words and the care he had taken to examine them fully. The experience had shown him the value of remaining present to the conversation at hand while also allowing space for later reflection. It had shown him the quiet humor that could arise when two people who shared the same faith and the same vocabulary arrived at different pictures from the same brief statement.
Years later the memory retained its clarity. The priest
