How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Untaught and unshepherded, they cling to the faith of their fathers. (P.15)
Father Latour knows that he's facing an uphill battle in his attempts to convert the Hopi and Navajo peoples to the Catholic faith. After all, these people have had their own beliefs and customs for thousands of years, and it'll take more than one year of preaching to make them believe in Christ.
Quote #2
Of all the Lord's physical sufferings, only one, "I thirst," rose to His lips. (1.1.8)
Whenever Father Latour goes through a difficult situation, he looks to the life of Jesus Christ for inspiration. When he's caught alone in the desert, for example, he compares his own horrible thirst to the thirst Jesus felt when he was on the cross.
Quote #3
The Passion of Jesus became for him the only reality; the need of his own body was but a part of the conception. (1.1.8)
Once again, Father Latour manages to forget about his own problems by focusing on how much worse Jesus' sufferings were. Whenever things are awful for him, Father Latour tends to think, "Well, at least I'm not suffering as much as Jesus did."