Sure, their relationship was strange: Mike sleeping each night for years in the abandoned confessional and Fr. Phil pretending not to notice, though he left a sandwich, beer, or even smokes, occasionally.
When Mike passed, Fr. Phil insisted the homeless man have a funeral mass—no matter what people said.
Tony Jasnowski teaches English at Bellevue University and writes an occasional story or poem between grading papers.
I Like it! Well Done!
Thanks so much, Kenny. I had beginner’s luck with this one.
This is very nice but it’s what a priest is supposed to do anyway.
That’s very true, but I do think that most heroes say that they were doing only what they thought they and everyone was supposed to do.