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Quote #7
He tried to gather up his venom into spittle and shot it feebly at the other's face: it didn't even reach, but fell impotently through the air. He said, "Go and die quickly. That's your job," and slammed the door to. (2.2.222)
We'll say this much for Padré Jose: he isn't subtle. He's speaking to the priest here, but we have to wonder if his words are also directed towards himself. It wasn't his job to renounce the faith, but to preach it. As a priest, Padré Jose is symbolically married to the Church, meaning that he owes it his devotion till death do them part. His decision to leave Mexico is in many ways a death in itself. The death of his faith, his duty, and his strength. No wonder he's thinking of dying quickly—it might be what he desires most.
Quote #8
He thought: I shouldn't have left her alone like that. God forgive me. I have no sense of responsibility: what can you expect of a whisky priest? and he struggled to his feet and began to climb back towards the plateau. He was tormented by ideas; it wasn't only the woman: he was responsible for the American as well … (2.4.52)
Concerned with his own needs, and not unjustly, the priest left a woman and her dead son alone in the wild. Now he feels guilty. To be priest is to have responsibility for everyone—they call him Father for a reason, after all.
Quote #9
He thought of the deserted banana station where something had happened and the Indian child lay dead on the maize: there was no question at all that he was needed. A man with all that on his soul … The oddest thing of all was that he felt quite cheerful; he had never really believed in this peace. (3.1.192)
This is as close as the priest gets to the saintly Juan, the character from the religious storybook the mother reads to her children. The cheerfulness won't last, but in this moment—the moment of his choice to give himself over—he's earned a little happiness.