How we cite our quotes: (Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Father Rentería picked up the coins, one by one, and walked to the altar.
"These are Yours," he said. "He can afford to buy salvation. Only you know whether this is the price. As for me, Lord, I throw myself at your feet to ask for the justice or injustice that any of us may ask… For my part, I hope you damn him to hell." (13.14-16)
Father Rentería is a weakling. Since Pedro Páramo has more economic power than he does, the Father is at Páramo's mercy. Here we see Rentería pathetically asking the Lord to damn Miguel's soul to hell, even after Pedro has essentially bought his son's way into heaven.
Quote #5
He walked to the sacristy, threw himself into a corner, and sat there weeping with grief and sorrow until his tears were exhausted.
"All right, Lord. You win," he said. (13.18-19)
This scene is very ambiguous. Father Rentería is struggling with his choice over whether he should pardon Miguel's soul or not, and his guilt over accepting Pedro's money. It's unclear what he means when he said that the Lord has won. But hey, it's a drop of in the spooky ambiguity bucket that is Pedro Páramo. No one said a haunted Mexican town was going to be straightforward.
Quote #6
"Let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who has taken him from this earth where he caused such harm; what does it matter if He lifted him to His heaven?" (14.26)
Father Rentería finally decided to pardon Miguel. Here tries to excuse himself to his niece (who was raped by Miguel) by acting as though it doesn't matter whether or not an evil person is forgiven or not. There's one tiny problem: all the innocent lower-class people who aren't forgiven and who are doomed to wander Comala forever.