NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
Added on: 10th Aug 2016
THE PARISH FATHER PASSED AWAY.
HE LEFT TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
TO EACH NUN IN HIS WILL.
THE NUNS WERE EACH DECIDING
HOW BEST TO SERVE OTHERS
WITH THE MONEY THEY HAD RECEIVED.
SISTER MARY CATHERINE NOTICED
A MAN IN TATTERED CLOTHING SITTING
ON THE CURB ACROSS THE STREET.
SHE WALKED UP TO THE MAN,
HANDED HIM THE 200 DOLLARS AND SAID,
“GOD'S SPEED.”
A WEEK LATER A WELL DRESSED
MAN CAME TO THE PARISH AND
ASKED FOR SISTER MARY CATHERINE.
SHE SOON ARRIVED AND NOTICED
IT WAS THE VERY MAN SHE
HAD GIVEN THE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THE MAN HANDED HER
A FIST FULL OF CASH AND SAID,
"HERE'S YOUR SHARE!
I WENT TO THE TRACK AS YOU
SUGGESTED AND GOD'S SPEED
TOOK FIRST PLACE AT
TWENTY EIGHT TO ONE."
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