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Daring to Say the 
Our Father

James F. O'Callaghan

Christ Himself taught us in prayerCall God our Father, and so I dareClaim kinship I’d not else presume,Sin-soiled from my mother’s womb.But then He urged us further prayWords that...

Termination for Cause

James F. O'Callaghan

Sir, I had thought the terms of our agreement Were quite clear. You were to provide me length of days, Model children by a docile wife, support for same;...