In the Vestry (45)....

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That very Sunday afternoon....

The Pilgrim was led to a private room,
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There stood the Bishop in his golden vestments
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Having just performed the Sacraments;
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"Tell me something of yourself,
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What do you seek, power, wealth?
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Why do you disturb Holy Mother Church?
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Tell me Pilgrim, for what do you search?"
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He answered standing in tattered clothes,....

His sandals broken at the toes:....

“Like Christ I put no faith in possessions,
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The pursuit of power is not my obsession,
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I simply seek to do the good,
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In fellowship and brotherhood."
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The Bishop smiled and called him "Son,
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You walk the path as Christ has done;
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Commendable, but a pain-filled route,
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What He could have done being more astute?
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Had He chosen to take the well trod path,
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He would have aroused far less wrath;
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Had He aimed to become a Temple Priest
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He might have then assured the peace;
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But He chose to preach outside the fold
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And what was worse, His betters scold;
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Had He been more patient and circumspect,
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Had He stuck to parables and been less direct,
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He might have risen to be High Priest,
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No Last Supper but a Passover feast,
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We could've all sat down and joined hands,
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Without sacrificing The Son of Man."....