Friday, August 17, 2007

Who are they?

>> > A man died and went to heaven.
>> >
>> > St Peter asked, "What denomination are you?"
>> >
>> > The man said "I don't belong here, I don't go to
>> > church" .
>> >
>> > St. Peter said "Well, we don't make mistakes, you
>> > belong here, let's just
>> > walk around and you can see where you'd like to
>> > stay.
>> >
>> > So they walked down the hall, and St. Peter opened a
>> > door and there
>> > were all these pews with people kneeling and praying
>> > and crossing
>> > themselves.
>> >
>> > "Who are they?" asked the man. "Those are the
>> > Catholics." answered St.
>> > Peter. "Well, I don't want to stay here." said the
>> > man and they walked on
>> > down the hall.
>> >
>> > St. Peter opened the next door. Inside were all
>> > these pews with people
>> > sitting straight up staring ahead. "Who are they?"
>> > asked the man.
>> > "Those are the Protestants, answered St. Peter.
>> >
>> > "Well I don't want to stay here" said the man and
>> > they walked down the hall.
>> >
>> > The next room they came to, St. Peter opened the
>> > door and a big puff of
>> > smoke came out and the man smelled coffee. The man
>> > looked inside and there
>> > were all these people laughing and hugging and they
>> > got in a big group hug
>> > and said the serenity prayer.
>> >
>> > The man said, "I like these people, who are they?"
>> >
>> > St. Peter said, "I don't know. They won't tell us"

Sirach 2:1 My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials.

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