long time ... the devil lived in the church of San Andrés. Tucked away in a black cassock, gave Mass, heard confessions of parishioners and led the school of the congregation. Soledad, just a teenager, went to Mass every Sunday to fulfill the dictates of his mother who, after the recent death of her husband, was spent praying. Soledad only thing he loved to listen, Mass, were sermons (when the priest told stories of the life led by the saints). The young priest he looked very young and intelligent and had a persuasive voice, he persuaded his mother that it was time that his daughter could take catechism and first communion. Soledad obey (obedience was the only legacy he had left his father). Taught in catechism which were the ten commandments and sins. Then came the big day. Before communion, must confess. Soledad obeyed (as always) and knelt in the confessional with her snowy dress made for the occasion. Through a small window, just ajar, he heard the priest asking, "what sins you've made?. She struggled but could not remember any. Then lied: I borrowed a pen to my partner bank and not returned (answered). Forgot ordered the seventh commandment: "Do not steal" (said the priest, and went on), will you promise not to do it? Yes ... (Her voice trembling). You are forgiven. Pray one Our Father and three Hail Marys and go in peace (ending cure.) Soledad felt for the first time a sinner: he lied. Became distraught thinking that after the first sin, perhaps committing others. No, it does not allow it. Began to read stories of people who by dint of sacrifice had become saints. The one that impressed her most was the St. Francis of Assisi. He considered the purest of heart. He had never lied (he thought) and decided to follow his example of life. When I was visiting did not repeat a portion of food offered to him (though his stomach being asked), not wanting to commit the second deadly sin: gluttony. At night, once turned off the light, pulled the mattress of his bed and slept on the strip. On rising body ached. Provided that sacrifice in return for the crown of thorns, the nails and the wound he saw the body of Jesus on the crucifix hanging in their home. He joined the Brotherhood of the Virgen del Carmen. They gave him a scapular and a leather belt to be worn over their clothes. It was not enough for her: put the belt on the skin and adjusted to feel pain. Do not take it out or to swim, only once did, when the pain of a wound to become unbearable. No one expected it (would not make the seventh deadly sin: pride), but the priest himself. He, smiling mouth and eyes. I'm glad you're on the right path (he said).
It was then that an event occurred that shook the parish. A car crashed after leaving a hotel accommodation. Inside they found a man and a woman unharmed wound. The man was the priest of the Church of San Andrés, the woman the president of mothers of school club. To the adulteress stoned to death for the neighborhood, not seen again. Soledad is reeled all beliefs learned: not order the ninth commandment, not desiring your neighbor's wife? He felt anger, the fifth deadly sin. The devil a black cassock, he was transferred to another parish. They say he left with his head high and smiling, as only he knew how.
Now, Soledad is my wife and we have no secrets. No longer goes to church. He has invented his own prayers. You feel liberated. Now it's your own conscience that tells him what to do. But ... some nights suffers nightmares, wake up anxious, sweaty and snuggles in my arms. Darling, I promise not to leave again (I beg). I can not make that promise.
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