Question

What message in the poet ballad of father gilligan trying to convey through the story of peter gilligan/ justify your answer?

Answer 1

In his infinite mercy, God allows Father Gilligan to fall asleep and rest through the night while his parishioner is dying. He sends an angel to the dying man's house in Father Gilligan's place, and the man's widow identifies it as Father Gilligan when she speaks to him in the tenth stanza.