Rosy-Cheeked, - Fiery - Preacher Poem by Dr. Antony Theodore

A stocky, rosy-cheeked,
fiery preacher,
Fr. Paneloux's
admonition to the
suffering congregation
was direct and clear:
"Calamity has come
on you, my brethren,
and…you deserved it."

The horrors of the
plague were, like
the biblical Exodus,
divine judgment.
God had "grown
weary with waiting"
for them to surrender
their lives to him.

(Albert camus fools
the response of
The priest and preacher) .