Václav Habart

"One day, it was the anniversary of the October Revolution, so we received a paper telling us what to read during the services on Sunday. I read it, and it was horrible! Celebrating the October Revolution and all that, so I thought, 'How am I going to do this? I can't read this at mass.' So I did it like this... And then the report came in that I hadn't read the -the pastor's letter, they called it. So I did that - in Borsov, Sunday mass started at quarter to eight. When three-quarters struck, I went out in the black clerica and monotonously read their letter. And when I left, I rang the bell just as Mass was beginning and went to dress. Meanwhile the organist played two stanzas and the normal Mass began. And whoever was watching me was late for that Mass, not late for the three-quarters, but late, and was horrified to discover that I had not read the pastoral letter about the October Revolution. So he immediately reported it to Kavale on Monday. He called me up, as it were, so I told him, and he laughed quite heartily, saying it was clever. Then I think he called somewhere and then it went quiet."