> The Jap sailor wasn't really planning to kill Father Joyce when he stood him up at ten paces on Sancian Island; it was just a game when he put a bullet through his cassock. But the missionary from Maryknoll thought his last moment was at hand. Now he knows how he will act if martyrdom really comes to him. He tried to look unconcerned, and he prayed. Not until hours later did he realize, "quite mortified," that he had said the grace before meals instead of the Act of Contrition.
> Father Joseph...
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