At Fri, 7 Dec 2001, cathy:- wrote:
>
>Somewhere there is some deep theology in this story...
>
>Well heaven looks like this: It is surrounded by a wall, and there are
>pearly gates, and St. Peter is at the gate. When people die, they
>arrive at the gates, and Peter looks them up in his book. Either he
>lets you in, or he sends you down the road.
>
>So one day on Peter's day off he sees some people inside heaven that he
>is SURE that he has sent packing -- but then, you know he see lots of
>people so he's not so sure. So for the next couple of weeks he pays
>close attention to everyone he sends down the road. On his next day
>off, sure enough, people whom he is VERY sure shouldn't be there are
>walking around heaven. He marches out the pearly gates, and down the
>road, and around the corner, and around a second corner, and what does
>he see? There is St. Joseph, and he is boosting people over the wall!!!
>
>Well, as you can imagine, Peter is OUTRAGED!! He shouts at St. Joseph.
>He tells him that this is not allowed!!! That this is outrageous!!! That
>if it ever happens again the St. Peter will be reporting it directly to
>God the Father!!! Through the whole tirade St. Joseph stands in stoney
>silence. St. Peter whirls about and stomps off back into heaven.
>
>St. Peter isn't sure whether that was the end of it or not. A few
>weeks later, he sees people in heaven who were turned away just the day
>before. He immediately stomps out and around the corner, and sure
>enough, St. Joseph is there boosting people over the wall again. Well
>now St. Peter is absolutely apoplectic! He rages on and on. Finally he
>sputters that he is going to tell God RIGHT NOW and who knows what awful
>things will befall St. Joseph. Why maybe even Joe will be thrown out
>of heaven! As Pete pauses to take a deep breath and start up the
>harangue again, Joe smiles slyly and says:
>
>"Hey, I go, I take da wife and da kid wit me."
>
>--
>cathy :-)
>
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