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The Good Censor

Fr. Daniel Aloysius Lord (1888-1955)
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The doctor came into the hospital room, where a man not yet in his old age was getting dressed to go home. The doctor was a little nervous.

"Father," he said, "I'm afraid I have bad news."

"Ah, it's as I thought," said the man, tucking a black shirt into black trousers, and adjusting his clerical collar.  "Go ahead, my friend, tell me the worst."

"You have…

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