A COLLECTOR'S ITEM

Many years ago, a young priest told me he was going to do his doctorate. Now, I know that doctorates for priests in our country are a dime a dozen and many small colleges and seminaries offer the same.

- ROBERT CLEMENTS

“Why do you want to do it?” I asked.

“So that I can do research in that particular angle of theology and it will help me in my sermons,” he said.

“Then do it by all means,” I told him, “As long as you make good music with it and it is not something you are just collecting, do it!”