The Church He entered the church in the late afternoon. The sun was not yet low in the sky, but it had tired of its long day shining down and the ferocity of its heat and light was beginning to wane. Longer shadows followed the man up the four stone steps that led to the large wooden door. He swung it open with a violence he did not intend and was embarrassed. Escaping the outside world, he went into the nave of the church, blessed himself with holy water, genuflected to the tabernacle and sat down in his usual pew.…