Page 328 "If they only knew what Mary had to put up with..."

Feast of the Assumption procession in Marseille, France

El Greco's "The Assumption of the Virgin" 1577

From page 328 of the book:  "Don't let that bother you, Father.  You're doing this for yourself anyway."
He halted and shot me a perturbed look.
"You told me so yourself."
"Perhaps I did," he said.  "Perhaps I did.  Feast of the Assumption.  If they only knew what Mary had to put up with, they would've nailed Him to the cross a whole lot sooner, I'll tell you that."