Briefe an Susanne, Kommentar                                             Brieftext

 

245. Paul                                                            Carrog, 20.8.1967

[im Original:] Dear Susanne,

Your letter arrived just before I went camping with the family in Scotland, so I have not had the chance of replying or acknowledging it until now. I am sorry for taking so long. We came back from Scotland on Saturday, and are now in Wales in a small cottage in the hills until the weekend. Scotland was really lovely, although we had quite a bit of rain. We are camping in the wilds of Perthshire, 6 miles from the nearest village! But we all enjoyed it very much.

When this week is over I shall have to get ready to go back to college. I return the day you go home. I am sorry your mother and father cannot come, but I hope you manage to get back safely, and take all your books and treasures. And once you are there, I am sure your father will appreciate your help in the office. You could be a great asset to him.

You are no doubt relied now that your boy-friend is out of the National Service. He, and you, will be far happier working in Köln. Let me know how your work goes, an if I can do anything in that way for you, please write.

I have enclosed some post-cards of the new Cathedral in Liverpool which may be of interest to you. I am not sure yet if I like it. As a piece of architecture it may be good – the glass is very beautiful, but as a church, I rather think it is too vast and impersonal. One tends to feel lost and isolated in it, and that doesn’t make it easy to pray. The atmosphere in it is rather cold and uninviting, if you know what I mean. I don’t suppose you will have seen enough of it to have your own opinion, but it is well worth a visit, if you get the chance before the 16th.

But for now, I had better get to bed. Please forgive the biro, but I haven’t a pen at hand. I only hope you can read it.

Keep up the good work in Spanish. If you can be as Cervantes – el habla come un arroyo cristalino – you will be doing very well.

Until next time, look after yourself.

God bless you.

[Rückseiten der Ansichtskarten] Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool. The piazza and the external altar.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool. The south porch entrance from Hope Street.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool. A selection of the coloured lantern glass.

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King Liverpool. The recitation of the gospel at the solemn opening of the Cathedral on May 14th, 1967.

in the wilds of Perthshire] Landschaft in Zentralschottland, nördlich von Edinburgh.

the new Cathedral in Liverpool] Die Liverpool Cathedral ist die größte Kathedrale Großbritanniens mit den höchsten und ausladendsten gotischen Gewölben; sie wurde Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts erbaut.

Cervantes] Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (1547-1616), spanischer Schriftsteller.