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Sunday, 28 February 2021

The Simple Life

“Less prayer and more farm” said Tobias, who secretly looked forward to the prospect of beets and parsnips to come.

“Could we trade some of the fancy stuff for blankets?” Hannah-Mary joined in.

“No need - there are wools coming in the morning - this is only half the consignment allotted to you Franciscans”- somehow the name stopped them short.

“And what of this safe-chest?” was asked dolefully.

“To keep the gold that is inside it”, sighed Francis who could see through the wooden exterior.

The Cardinal continued: “We have the fealty of the sovereign Father - and this is, as they say, for the greater good.”

“Oh dear Lord”, breathed Father Intago, who was a goodly godly man with a strong inner compass for social equality. “I long for the simple life.”

“Yes, but this, my brother is not about your longings or your life, now is it? This is about your branding.”

Francis turned to Peter and asked: “What is branding?”

“It is when they take a hot iron to a calf to prove its ownership.”

“Oh then”, said Francis - “well Mother Church be damned.”

- Gabriel Brunsdon, AZLANDER: NEVER ENDINGS: Second Chances

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