So this takes some of the coolness away from the photo, but I told the Abbé Primat that I was going to give him bunny ears. He giggled and said Ok. He’s a sweet dude. That photo was mostly to give Br. Paul a little heart attack and get him back for telling me to pull my pranks right!
For the record, my prank would have worked had the associated given the monks reading book on the popes back to the novices before we left St. John’s. The monks at SJU are reading a book on the Popes during the first 15 minutes or so of dinner, and it is by far one of the driest reads ever. This thing could soak up the Nile and then some, that’s how dry it is. And the novices up at SJU along with some of the other monks can attest to that! So some of the other Benedicine Volunteers who were on retreat with me and I decided to “give” the book to the novices as a going away gift to commemorate a rather rowdy and volunteer-stuff-filled two weeks!
We planned it perfectly and replaced the book on the popes with another book entitled ‘The Flight from Authority” fitting title, I know, I picked it out I even changed the last sentence on the reading card to match one from the new book, that had the pope book cover on it. You couldn’t tell that it was a different book. It was perfect; except that we gave the book to the novices before the next reading, which we considered, but we wanted to see the look on their faces and thought it would be worth risking them putting it back.
They put it back. Spoil Sports.
So anyways, there is the elongated background info on that!
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