Fr. Richard Henkes, S.A.C., A Picture of His Life A Picture of His Life | Page 25

offer the Holy Sacrifice on the altar ... “ In spite of his torment during
his student days, his old security of being called upon by God was
shining again. And he added a stanza of a song by Sr. Maria Regina
Most:
To Mary:
In your dear hands I lay mine without fear.
Take me with you; you know the way he went.
There was never a heart that burned for him like yours.
And no love recognized as yours for his.
Trust in Mary, which is expressed here, was in harmony with Fr.
Henkes and the sacrificial thought in the lines. Such practices and
beliefs were not alien to the new priest. Fr. Henkes, now inwardly
renewed, could not have known how he would ever experience and
suffer as he had. He had the security of his vocation again, as he had
in Schönstatt. He also had missionary zeal and a commitment to his
people. And always, he had the dark scar of those six months with the
military.
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