Six
MASS THE NEXT DAY IS uneventful. I am distracted. After speaking to Brother Martin, I had tried calling Father Leonard on his phone, but it went straight to voicemail. He was either out of range—not unusual in the mountains—or had turned his phone off. I’m concerned about why he left the monastery without telling anyone he was leaving or where he was going. I have no idea where he is, but he had not returned to the Rectory by morning. Under other circumstances, I wouldn’t be concerned.
But circumstances are far from normal.
The crowds at the 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses are what I had experienced during my last time at Saint Clare’s. The former Mass is smaller, older, and quiet; the later is larger, younger, and loud. There seem to be more children than last time; I count at lea
