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ALONG THAT SAME LINE, a carpenter confessed to a priest that he had stolen some lumber and sold it to buy liquor. He was sternly warned not to do it again but returned the following week admitting the same sin, and was given a tongue-lashing by the clergyman. When he came back for the third time and confessed to the theft of more lumber, the priest was furious. "There is only one solution," he admonished. "You will have to make a novena!"