Camp Hope Page #5

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experiencing this?

All I know...

it started after my

grandfather passed away.

This is the grandfather

that would take you

to the amusement park

instead of taking you

to church, right?

Hmm?

Yeah.

Were you close to him?

Very.

I'm sorry

for your loss, son.

But...

I'm not going crazy,

Father.

I've seen this before.

And what happened to him?

Where is he?

He's at a mental

institution.

He tried to take

his life

and the life of his

young sister.

Why would God

allow this?

God's will

cannot be questioned

by our feeble minds.

God's will is this?

Thomas,

nothing on this earth

happens without

God's permission.

Now He tests us

within our own limitations.

He gives us the means

and the sacraments

and the grace

to combat the enemy,

because the enemy

is brutal.

But it's your choice

to take that which He offers.

Now I can help you.

But you have to listen to me

and do what I say.

I'll do whatever

it takes.

Here, sit over here.

Yeah.

In the name of the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Forgive me, Father,

for I have sinned.

How long has it been

since your last confession?

Several months.

Now go on.

In the time since

my last confession,

I have lied.

I have lied to my parents.

What about

sins of the flesh?

Yes, Father.

Mm-hmm.

I've had impure thoughts.

Do you masturbate?

Yes. Yes, Father.

How often?

Once every other day.

I don't know.

Well, you invite the evil one

into your imagination.

Every time you masturbate,

you open the door.

Do you understand that?

Yes.

What about Melissa?

Were you with her?

Thomas, you cannot make

a good confession

if you withhold a sin

that you have knowledge of.

You will not achieve

absolution.

Now were you with her?

Yeah.

Well, this is

a serious violation.

Did you commit sin

with her?

Thomas.

We kissed, that's all.

She's a good person.

Are you certain

that's all?

The sin remains

if you do not confess it.

I know.

All right.

All right,

for your penance

you will no longer be a part

of the rest of the camp.

You will spend

the remainder of time here

in prayer and in service.

And I will have to tell your parents

what you've done.

But since you have revealed this to me

during a confession,

I must ask

your permission.

Now may I tell them?

I'd prefer

if you wouldn't.

Thomas, none of this

is going to be easy...

none of it.

Okay.

I am disgusted by you.

Do you have any idea

of the shame

that you have brought upon me,

on my name, on your mother?

Do you?

I'm sorry.

"You're sorry"

means nothing.

Those are hollow words,

Tommy... hollow words.

Now you listen

to Father.

And there'd better be

a change.

Or if there isn't,

God help you.

Your mother would like

to speak with you.

Tommy.

I'm here.

What have you done,

Tommy?

Mom.

Yes?

Mom, please...

Oh, Tommy.

Enough.

Don't you dare

try and elicit sympathy.

You will find none here...

none.

You have done this.

You listen to Father.

You be a man

or don't come home, Tommy.

I'm so sorry.

I need to get my glove.

What's up, son?

Nothing.

You know, I think

I might sneak out

to that amusement park

during entertainment

tonight.

I got a hankering

for them funnel cakes.

And there's a rollercoaster

they got there that's sick.

Care to join me,

Padawan?

I'm in lockdown.

Really?

For what?

I got caught.

- With Melissa?

- Yeah.

Sh*t.

Was Father Phallic

pissed?

- You could say that.

- Damn.

You shouldn't, you know.

What?

Leave.

It's against the rules.

Whoa, mini-Christian.

Slow down.

Are you all right?

Pray for me, Jack.

- Can I help you, Officer?

- Is this one of your campers?

Yes, Officer.

What happened?

He got tangled up with some of

the local kids at the amusement park...

some of our bad element

in town.

They put a pretty bad beating down

on him, from what we understand.

Are you all right?

He's lucky. A good Samaritan

took notice, intervened,

caught a couple

of the kids,

put a pretty good

scare into them.

One of them confessed

to the vandalism you had up here.

A unit's retrieving the cross

they stole right now.

Oh, that's wonderful news.

Yeah, well,

I'm a little concerned...

a kid his age out and about,

unsupervised.

But we called his parents

and they said to bring him back here.

Well, thank you.

Thank you.

Come on, help me get

the last few.

Then I'll cut you loose

for the night.

He'll be all right.

They pinned me down

and tagged me with this.

What happened?

Those inbreds you got into it with

in the woods...

they jumped me at the amusement park

and beat the crap out of me.

Well, now you know why

we have the rules that we have.

Yeah, those d*ckheads got into it

with one of the community members

at a diner

about a year back.

They've been waiting for us

to come back ever since,

'cause their parents told them

they were going to hell.

I guess there's not much

to do in the sticks.

Yeah, well, you should

take joy in knowing

that you were persecuted

for your brothers and sisters, Jack.

Are you kidding me? I could care less

about the brothers and sisters.

How can you say that

after all that we've done for you?

What have you...

what have you done for me?

Turned your back

on my family,

made my father out to be

some sort of witch doctor?

For years the leaders

of this community... his father...

- Jack, that is not fair.

...demanded that my dad

keep his caseload of

non-community members low

so he could have time for the brothers

and sisters. Oh, but after you decided

it's encroaching on your mind control,

that's it.

Where does that leave us?

Where does that leave my family?

- Jack, you are out of line. Stop.

- Shut up, Christian!

I'm supposed to listen to you?

You're my role model?

A 23-year-old lackey

spewing out whatever they tell you,

not having a goddamn

thought of your own?

Look at you. Look at your nails.

Come on, let's see them.

You chew on them like a little girl,

you're so turned around by...

Oh God, stop it.

Stop stop stop.

Jack, Jack, stop.

- What are you doing?

- Are you okay?

Get out of here.

Get out!

You have no place here.

Yeah, you know what?

You're damn right about that.

Tommy. Tommy.

What time is it?

I don't know.

Around 2:
00.

I'm out of here, dude.

What? How?

My dad's here.

My parents flipped.

I think we're done

with this place.

God. Really?

You keep your head

about you.

You'll get through this,

all right?

Are you gonna be okay?

Hell yeah.

They strike me down,

I'll only come back

more powerful

than ever before.

Take care.

I'll see you

on the other side.

All right, yeah.

# Ave Maria... #

# Ave Maria... #

The world attacks us

using our pride

or avarice

and secular humanism

as its church.

And the flesh

makes us weak

to lustful temptations.

But the devil uses both

to attack our minds.

See, the devil knows

our psyche

and how it works

better than we do.

He uses the weakness

of our minds

to drive us to anger

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