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But God knows that your piety
is due to your spring
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and that your prayers are merely
pleas for your beans,
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orisons for your tomatoes,
hallelujahs for your potatoes,
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and hosannas for your marrows!
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Now, I must speak seriously
about the spring.
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I keep asking myself the question:
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Why has this water, once so plentiful,
suddenly dried up in our hour of need?
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I once read in a Greek tragedy,
a profane work of literature,
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that Thebes was struck
by a calamitous plague
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because its king
had committed some crimes.
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And so I ask myself:
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Is there a criminal among us?
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It's quite possible,
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since many wicked crimes
escape the justice of men,
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but the Good Lord knows all about them!
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So, if this criminal does exist,
let me now appeal to him.
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Let me say to him:
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My brother,
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there's no sin that cannot be forgiven,
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no crime that can't be atoned for
by the most sincere repentance.
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According to Jesus Christ himself,
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there will always be room in heaven
for a repentant sinner.
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So, whatever your offence,
try to redeem yourself.
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Repent and you shall be saved!
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And our spring will flow again as before.
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- Papet!
- Yes?
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He meant us.
He looked at me three times.
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What could he know?
He's only been here for a year.
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Maybe somebody told him in confession.