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some where I kind of a place the world and pray could go from heard and work too." John had never of the Monastic and when Orders, that Father Tom to him explained such places as he indicated, there were and the position of a lay brother, " That's what I mean," he exclaimed, " it's with delight Oh the Church is and I am foolish." Dear that wise, I love his still, John McRae memory his and when I recall smile, gentle
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this master's sheep, Of dear to Catholics. he heard and their religion a never word, except when he heard in them abused by the minister the church. denounced One day the minister them for their of Mary. The worship was to hear his horrified young man Blessed Mary" spoken of in a way can that parson speak only a Scotch and the more of God of the Mother man abused the wretched her, the
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I am not exaggerating. Frequently to me after has my uncle exclaimed John "had been with him for instruct Wonderful he comes for in ion, me !" struction and he is instructing The most beautiful and the most pro came found thoughts from the lips of
the
of a nar extremity of of the sea, is the village and across the neck of Ullapool; of Loch Broom, shores ?sea, oh the at the time I there lived speak of a called shepherd John McRae. His mother had been a Catholic in iher. days, a native of Kintail, young on her marriage became a Pro \but her husband's testant, religion. was son Their consequently brought indeed there was not .up a Protestant, :a Catholic resident within sixty miles of the place. It that in his seems, however, had taught early years his mother him and the "Hail Mary," John me that he used fre told afterwards while to repeat to himself, quently -tending prayer Catholics
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