A
country preacher went looking for a job. The interviewing
committee interviewed him. They asked him, “Do you know much
about the Bible?” The preacher said, “Oh, yeah. I
know the Bible through and through.” “What’s your
favorite book?” they asked.
“My favorite book is Mark.” “What’s your favorite
part?” “My favorite part is the parables.” “Oh, yeah.
What’s your favorite parable?”
“My favorite parable is the one about ‘The Good
Samaritan.’” “Can you tell it to the committee?”
The preacher replied, “Yep. It goes this way: “Once there
was this man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell
among the thorns; and the thorns sprung up and choked him. And
as he went on, he didn’t have any money, and he met the
Queen of Sheba. She gave him a thousand talents of gold and
thousand changes of raiment, and he got into a chariot and
drove furiously. “He was driving so furiously, he drove
under a Juniper Tree, and his hair got caught on the limb of
the tree. He hung there for many days, and the ravens brought
him food to eat and water to drink. And he ate 5,000 loaves of
bread and 2 fishes. “Then one night, while he was hanging
there asleep, his wife Delilah came along and cut off his
hair, and he dropped and fell on stony ground. But he got up
and went on, as it began to rain. It rained for 40 days and 40
nights; so he hid himself in a cave, and he ate locusts and
wild honey. “Then he went on until he met a servant who
said, ‘Come; let’s have supper together.’ But he made an
excuse and said, ‘No, I won’t. I married a wife and cannot
go.’ So the servant went out to the highways and the hedges
and compelled him to come in. “After supper, he went on and
came down to Jericho. When he got there, he looked up and saw
that old Queen Jezebel, sitting high up on the window; and she
laughed at him. So he said, ‘Throw her down, out there!’
And they threw her down. Then he said, ‘Throw her down
again!’ And they threw her down 70 times 7. And of the
fragments that remained, they picked up 12 baskets full …,
besides women and children. – They say, ‘Blessed are the
PIECE-makers.’ “Now, whose wife do you think she will be
on the Judgment Day?”
English
students:
seven
new recordings with
text
each day.
See below:
The Book Blog, Laudato
Si, The Joy of the Gospel, JL
Use to/from
school/work!
V2Catholic.com
A voice for the poor
Edited
by Hong Kong prison chaplain
Fr John Wotherspoon O.M.I. 胡
頌 恆 神 父
jdwomi@gmail.com
To search for
items on this site:
use Google and put "v2catholic" before item
required
DV A
new menu 7 days a week to
help people keep up to date with what is happening in the world and in the
Church, with a special hope that English students and sick friends will
find The Book
passages a source of extra help and encouragement
|
DG - Since 2013, this website has saved many dozens of Africans from going to prison in HK. See "Drugs", below. |
V2Catholic
on Facebook. |
Archive of articles + other items: bottom of this page |
