Horror

The Priest

Bless me, Father, for I have sinned

Image of the priest with ring by Dall-E-3

Father Mitchell was tired. He wasn’t tired because he didn’t sleep well, but he was tired of being a priest. The daily masses, Sunday sermons, weddings, funerals, and baptisms exhausted him, and he had to get out.

A few months ago, he approached the bishop, who had poo-poohed the idea of leaving Blessed Mother Church…