The Good Word

Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time, Kevin MacDonald, C.Ss.R. 08.11.2022 2:51 ↓

The French playwright, Jean Anouilh, wrote a play in which a group of people were gathered just outside the gates of heaven.  They were impatient, knowing that they had reserved places inside.  Suddenly, a rumor began to spread that God was going to forgive those other people, too.  They were stunned and started grumbling, “After all the work it took to get here.”  Then, they grew angry and began...