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Posted: March 16 2006 at 2:14am | IP Logged Quote humanaevitae
Has anyone heard anything about this book? Berndnos is the author.

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Posted: March 16 2006 at 7:12am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
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Has anyone heard anything about this book? Berndnos is the author.


Yes, heard about it, read it, studied it in high school. Wonderful. There is also an old black and white movie with subtitles that is quite moving. This priest suffered much.

The book is deep, not a page turner necessarily. And the movie is a bit slow, so not necessarily enjoyable for little ones.

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Posted: March 16 2006 at 7:35am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
This is a great book! I read it for a grad-level course on Cathlic literature (along with LeFort's Song at the Scaffold).

I loved the Country Priest -- he was so very humble and modest. Definitely a teen/adult kind of story though becuase it is more a psychological story than a "fun read".....



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Mary G. wrote:
I loved the Country Priest -- he was so very humble and modest. Definitely a teen/adult kind of story though becuase it is more a psychological story than a "fun read".....


Mary, this is why you are a writer and I'm not! Thanks for filling in my blanks!

Now this was not a true story, but you really are convinced that he was a true flesh and bones person. It makes you think of the Cure d'Ars (he's a French priest) and St. Therese with the quite suffering he undergoes.

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Posted: March 16 2006 at 6:40pm | IP Logged Quote Mary G
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Mary G. wrote:
I loved the Country Priest -- he was so very humble and modest. Definitely a teen/adult kind of story though becuase it is more a psychological story than a "fun read".....


Mary, this is why you are a writer and I'm not! Thanks for filling in my blanks!

Now this was not a true story, but you really are convinced that he was a true flesh and bones person. It makes you think of the Cure d'Ars (he's a French priest) and St. Therese with the quite suffering he undergoes.


Jenn -- I had a great teacher. An Austrian professor who is very mystical -- two of her sisters are hermitesses and why she isn't one, I'll never know. Maybe because she has such a gift for teaching!

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