VOWS:THE STORY OF A PRIEST,A NUN,AND THEIR SON
Book ID/图书代码： 00500005B04440
English Summary/英文概要： "Priest Marries Former Nun,"the Boston headlines announced.Neither the beginning of a joke nor the start of a scandal,when Peter Manseau’s parents wed in 1968 they were certain the Catholic Church was on the verge of allowing priests to marry.In this riveting memoir,Manseau tells their courageous story and deftly weaves in how their decision has affected his own spiritual journey,creating a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith.
Wednesday evenings,Dad tells me,he would down Fort Hill from the All Saints rectory and preach in his storefront to whomever would listen.Sometimes he drew a crowd that filled five rows of folding chairs:families from the Lenox Street housing projects,drunks from Blue Hill Avenue,a handful of sisters from the convent nearby.One night the woman who would be my mother was among them.They all sat together,singing,clapping,praying in a building that still wore scars from the previous summer,the season when the city burned.
That’s how I imagine the scene of my parents’ meeting,as a series of contrasts and contradictions.Standing between a cardboard-patched window and scripture-painted walls,half-buried shards of glass from the shattered pane twinkling like stars beneath them,they made their introductions.He was a Catholic priest wearing a white plastic collar like a lock around his neck.She was a nun in a virgin’s black veil.
What did they say?Whatever the words might have been,I know they were spoken in a place full of the kind of faith with which I was raised,the kind of faith that knows how close hope and pain are to moments of possibility;the kind that sees something holy in that broken glass at their feet,splinters of grace that cut as well as shine.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “牧师娶了嫫嫫做老婆”这可成了波士顿当地各大报纸头版头条新闻。这既不是玩笑，也不是什么绯闻。Peter Manseau的父母于1968年结婚，他们当时就认为天主教很快就会允许牧师结婚了。在这本精彩的回忆录中，Manseau讲述了一个充满勇气的故事，巧妙地把他们的决定怎么又影响到他们自己的灵修生活的也结合到了其中，反思了爱对深刻信念的冲击力。
星期三傍晚，爸爸告诉我他要向爱听的人布道。有时候会有五六排人人拿了折椅来听他的布道会。有一天晚上，后来做了我妈妈的那个女人也出现在了其中。他们围坐在一起，唱歌、拍手，祈祷。
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About the Author/作者介绍： PETER MANSEAU is coauthor of KILLING THE BUDDHA and a founding editor of the award-winning online magazine of the same name.His essays and commentaries have appeared in THE WASHINGTON POST and on National Public Radio’s ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.Raised outside Boston,he currently lives in Charlottesville,Virginia.
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