Here in mexico we are bound by the laws of the goverment. They have outlawed the practice of faith. They gave our priests an ultimadium. Either the priests give up their practice by marrying or they continue their faith and are persecuted and arrested for it. Recently I have been investigating the decisions of the priests. Padre Jośe has chosen to marry and abandon his priesthood while the whiskey priest continues on the run, practicing his faith. He is housed by others and is constantly fleeing the govorments grasp. The difference in these two are many. But one being their trust level. The whiskey priest relies on people to house him and keep his secret while Padre Jośe is afraid to trust anyone.
I followed Padre Jośe as he wandered the cemetery. He met with a family who was burying their decessed young daughter. All they asked for was a simple prayer for their innocent daughter who was taken from them too soon. Ever since the Padre had abandoned his priesthood he had been ridiculed, mocked for his cowardice. But here when they treat him with respect, as a priest but he turns them down. "But that was the problem-he could trust no one." The padre left the graveyard that night ashamed and bound by the law of Mexico.
I really liked how you included the background information that was going on during that time in Mexico, it sets a nice foundation for your bit on Padre Jose. Just as a suggestion, you might have wanted to make the comparison between the two priests shorter than the part about Padre Jose in the graveyard.
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