This morning I participated in Mass in a neighbouring Parish. After communion, the card with the prayer for the year of faith was circulated among the people and after the final blessing all together we recited the prayer. As is most often the case, this 'delicate' job of distributing and collecting back these prayer cards was done by the smallest and most volatile kids in the Church. As I sat for a couple of minutes after the final hymn, I saw these kids collect, put them in a "neat" bundle and place them back at the altar. However, one of the cards was found torn. One of the kids picked it up, passed it on to one of his 'seniors', who in turn passed it on to his 'senior' (a member of the youth group) and in a whisper stated, "Someone tore faith." The boy clearly meant the prayer card, but overhearing him report, faith torn, I laughed!
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