September 11, 2009

So Much for the Helpful Clergy

«Non invenies sacerdotum istum ubique,» ad semetipsum ait, « qui semper tibi talia subministret.»

"You won't find a priest like this everywhere," he said to himself, "who always cares for you like this."

--Francis of Assisi in Thomas of Celano's Remembrance of the Desire of a Soul (2 Celano)

So much for the availability and helpfulness of the clergy! Ha!

Better translations welcome in the comment box!
at

1 comment:

  1. Qualis Rex2:31 PM

    That's a very good translation, Father Charles. "subministret" is the subjunctive of "subministrare" which is hard to translate into English ("that he may minister/take care of"). I think your translation is right on the money.

    ReplyDelete

Faithful, or even just thoughtful criticisms are always welcome. Uninformed rudeness to other posters or to the Lord and His Church is not.

I also reserve the right to reject comments promoting things like private revelations and fringe points of view, if it seems to me like they are being presented in a misleading way.

If you raise a disagreement with something I say but I do not respond, please do not feel slighted or insulted, or imagine that this automatically means I disagree or agree with you. It's just that I don't find the comment box to be a constructive medium for certain forms of debate.