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shine the individual pieces on the board as he picked up a piece he would tell of the origin of the piece and its strategic value to the game terrance listened with dull attention while he wondered on the real reason for his being summoned to the bishop s office but he knew by experience to hold off inquiring as he was certain he would hear about it before long the bishop picked up another piece from the board he held it pointedly in his hand for longer that the others you see the bishop here terrance the bishop picked up the piece and held it in front of father terrance cradled between his thumb and fore finger it is the only piece on the board that has no military connection do you know why it was first introduced into the game upon terrance s shrug and an mou of ignorance the bishop went on to explain in a most calculated and instructive way you see by its ability to traverse diagonally if unimpeded across the entire board in both directions it can block or attack where it sees a weakness that is the strength of the church also to traverse across all social boundaries unimpeded he then slowly polished the piece and replaced it on the board chess terrance is a game of chance no matter how it is portrayed that great skill is involved it still really is a game of chance for as in life itself one cannot possibly anticipate the exact moves of an opponent nor be certain that you haven t overlooked a strategic move somewhere that leaves you exposed to attack where you least expected it the skill is in spotting that chance left open for you to attack the bishop was looking down at the board as he talked once he finished talking he slowly looked up and directly at father terrance simmonds do you think it is possible you have left yourself open to attack terry father terrance simmonds involuntarily gulped with guilty realisation that it was indeed possible that his relationship with his parish offsider caitlin brown has been found out but he still decided to try and bluff it out i m really not quite sure what you mean bishop i live a simple life in the diocese the bishop leant back in his chair and breathed a heavy sigh then looked to one side as if he was talking to someone seated there and spoke in a weary voice why does it always work in the movies he then turned back to address father terrance i can see that the chess analogy was a waste of time so i will get straight to the point are you or are you not in a relationship with your assistant miss caitlin brown father terrance simmonds suddenly felt the heavy air of the closed office the tall shelves of tomes and the dark wooden panelling seemed to lean over him and lent a sombre air to the mood of the moment he took this pause to reflect in the space of seconds on the long time that the relationship had come in its development from a casual request to this moment in time it was toward the end of these flashes of illumination that he realised the while his and caitlin s affair had been exposed perhaps the actuality of her writing the sunday sermons that he delivered from the pulpit had not in the moment of a second he decided he would hold this fact close to his chest and while confessing to the affair he could hope to keep their collegiate conspiracy of the other to themselves but even that slight hope was not to be in light of a notification i have received from a concerned parishioner terrance i have had my equilibrium of this office disturbed and when i am disturbed by such concerned parishioners the bishop made inverted commas with his fingers i am compelled to make my own inquiries the bishop then opened a drawer in the desk and placed a manila folder file on the desk in front of himself these terence are copies of your sermons you have delivered to sunday masses over the last six months and after a thorough read i have to say they are not just very good in a spiritual and theological sense but also show a remarkable improvement in both grammatical syntax and continuity of topic which considering it was myself that marked your papers on theology when you were a seminarian at the college could demonstrate an almost miraculous intervention of the good lord himself to bring such a remarkable improvement in your linguistic capabilities the bishop stopped reading the papers and looked up to father terrance with eyebrows raised in an inquiring way ah yes the sermons terrance began then paused while he considered his next move bishop to knight taken the bishop enquired the last remaining glint of escape having been blocked father terrance simmonds decided to come clean with the details of the evolved love affair between himself and caitlin so yes terrance had to confess that it was true and the bishop had deducted correctly that his prowess with the linguistic skills re writing a sermon left much much to be desired and it was in this capacity around a year or so ago that miss caitlin brown offered to assist with penning a sermon or two which by and by resulted in his relinquishing the chore of battling with the complexity of rhetoric required in preaching to the congregation and caitlin didn t mind in the least as a matter of fact being educated in the classics she revelled in the intricacies of language and historical prose and she adored seeking biblical references to back up her details well terry the bishop replied as much as i do appreciate a skilled and well written sermon i have to say that even lacking such prowess as miss brown exhibits i do consider it imperative that the officiating priest deliver his own written work to his congregation where they can perceive the true merit of their church representative so i have to request most strongly that you relinquish the services of miss brown and revert be it ever so troubling to both yourself and the parishioners to writing your own sermons furthermore upon the relationship between you and miss brown oh but we are engaged to be married bishop we just have not announced it yet we were waiting for the right moment that is a very sensible approach terry but may i suggest in light of the concerns of some parishioners that you do the right thing soon and i for one would never use the archaic language of yore in today s world and demand you make an honest woman of her but i would strongly suggest that all being well and good you make an honest man of yourself and make a date for the banns and very soon the church can no longer carry even a hint of scandal after recent salacious reports and i would not wish to report to head office that one of my subordinates is running his own private seraglio and with those stern words and admonishment father terrance simmonds was sent on his way in relating these developments later to his fiancé caitlin they put their heads together and formulated a timetable to fulfill their devotion to each other and make a date for the wedding upon the subject of the sermons caitlin said that she would write one last sermon for this sunday s service and would not write another under the name of caitlin brown but rather when their wedding was done and dusted would then use the name of caitlin simmonds thereby in truth by passing the bishop s demand and fulfilling both theirs and the congregations pleasure of enjoying in a well written sermon but terrance caitlin sat opposite we will have to rehearse this sermon practice the timing and delivery of the meaning and intent of what it is about for i have an idea for the sermon and she took his hands and held them tight her eyes giving to him a tremulous sincerity of intent that i pray will make it the best i can write and with the blessings of god will deliver to both the bishop and the congregation the meaning of love and devotion caitlin squeezed his hands the love and devotion that we have for one another to share with our parish it will have to be practiced till you are word and timing perfect as this sermon is a fight not just for your respect in the eyes of the bishop but also is a fight for our future in the church caitlin then set about writing from her heart and her soul she placed the word pause in italics whenever she wanted terrance to give the congregation a count of five full seconds to reflect on what was just said also she instructed terrance to look to her hands as he read the sermon for with her hand flat on her heart it was a signal for soft speaking when she clenched her fist on her heart it called for a rise in strength and so on this way many hours were spent on rehearsal for the next weeks sermon the sermon father terrance simmonds began for the love of god and for the love of each other fellow parishioners and worshippers under christ today i want to talk about seasons as we can see outside the season has moved from the cold of winter into the warming season of spring and i am reminded to attend to the garden and the fruit trees with the spreading of mulch and fertilizer to give help to the bounty of nature which we all must concede is in the end the bounty of god the seasons give notice that change is on the way as the days of autumn become cooler and the leaves from the deciduous trees fall we are told to gather firewood or make preparations for our warmth as winter comes near we take the time to harvest the last of the summer fruits and vegetables and some will use whatever excess bounty they have to preserve those fruits and vegetables to serve in winter the scriptures tell us there is a time for every season under heaven for every purpose a time to be born and a time to die a time to plant and a time to uproot all things under heaven and the one thread that joins all these purposes is patience patience to see them through patience to pause enough to reflect where we have come from to where we are destined to go a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together pause when we come into the house of the lord then it is time to cast away those weighty stones of hurt and worry for his house is a house of healing and it is here that we can gather stones as thoughts as feelings we gather them together it is in his house that we seek forgiveness for our sins so is it not fair exchange and expectation that we likewise seek to forgive those who we feel have wronged us in return the saying of an eye for an eye need not be construed as a signal for vengeance but can also be notice to forgive those as we trust they will forgive us equally a tooth for a tooth pause a time to be silent and a time to speak so let us speak of love a time to love but let us not seek a time to hate for to love is to strive for the highest grace that god has bestowed upon us all but what is the difference between suffering for love and the glory or reward for love love do we even know what it means anymore and if we did how many of us would be willing to throw it all over our whole lives on a whim of passionate emotion i mean now that we are all aware and sophisticated and have example and warning of just where such reckless action could lead one seriously ask yourself if you would throw yourself into the arms of another with reckless abandon these days of economic material and social individualism pause i found this little bit of fantasy in a letter written by a young woman back in the war years giving flight to her desire to secretly see her boyfriend and as it turned out future husband who was a woodcutter near the murray river she says now i am free off through the scrub i run where sheep tracks only are seen nothing but bush and sun till all of a sudden i come out where an axe swings free cutting for love and money the axe bites deep in a tree then the owner looks up of a sudden and gives me a happy smile and says i hoped you would come and i stay there quite a while the words themselves give clue to both the hunger for company and the possibility for a future that only young love could be so certain was a possibility cutting for love and money what would a timber cutter s wages be and what future for one of such qualification where would an adult find reassurance in such a relationship a relationship with the financial support of a labourer s qualifications we ve all seen or felt the results of low income low housing and child support capabilities and it s not pleasant who would seek it pause then clenched fist on heart and then there s the other end of the spectrum where a person has social status and is getting on with a good career and then they have to consider whether it is wise to bring another person into their life and home and risk having to pay over half the property if something goes wrong further down the line a little it s all a bit too much really so where does love come into this picture of modern social sophistication where now for that naïve young girl running through the scrub to meet her lover what has love to barter with against the considerations of an ultra modern lifestyle who needs or wants it where to for the wuthering heights catherines and heathcliffs of our post modern world the romeos and juliets that younger you or i in a world of celebrity meet n marry bachelor ette on the wide screen plasma tv s or type face to type face on some dating app on the mobile phone there would appear to be little taste for chance and that love at first sight infatuation let alone to go rushing off to another s arms bare footed and open hearted pause hand flat on heart so what has become of us that we have grown so cynical and hard of heart i have heard some state quite categorically that having found contentment with their choice of partner they would rather all people now ignored the fact even of their obvious gender a seeking of the invisible beyond either desire from others or perhaps the temptation of themselves for another our sophistication has made us feel secure in our pride of conquest over even our sensual emotions to a point where some seek psychological emasculation of any sexual hunger a ultra modern world of j alfred prufrock an unpleasant modern world is where t s elliot s the love song of alfred j prufrock is set where the character prufrock in the poem much like guido da montefeltro in dante s inferno is confined to a hell the moral of guido da montefeltro in dante s inferno is that true repentance cannot be faked and no earthly authority not even a corrupt pope can grant absolution for a sin committed intentionally prufrock s hell however is on earth in a lonely disorientating city the images of the city are banal and depressing the night sky pale and empty like a patient etherized upon a table soulless half deserted streets reveal one night cheap hotels and sawdust restaurants although eliot does not explore the sterility of the modern world as deeply as he does in his most famous work the wasteland the images are undeniably bleak and empty here is a taste of that bleakness let us go then you and i when the evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table let us go through certain half...