SEPTEMBER 24th, 2012
LINGERING SINS-GOSSIP
There once was a woman
With a physical handicap
She is still the same now
As she was twelve years ago
What about our sins
Are our sins
The same today
As they were 12 years ago
No one
Stays the same
Are we improving
Or are we regressing
Once
There was a woman
Who gossiped
When she went to confession
The Catholic priest
Told her to go to the market place
And buy a chicken
What an easy penance
She thought
Then the Catholic priest
Told her
To pluck the chicken
And spread the feathers everywhere
Strange-she thought
But she did this too
Then the priest told her
To go and gather the feathers
And put them
Back on the chicken
“I can’t do that Father,” she said
“The feathers are everywhere”
“Exactly,” the priest said
“This is what happens
When you talk about someone”
What about my lingering sins
What about
Your lingering sins
Where are we
In relationship
To where we were
Twelve years ago
ARE WE IMPROVING
Robert P. Wallman
5-10-10
Ps *Based on the teaching of Father Leo Clifford
“A GOSSIP betrays a confidence
But a trustworthy man keeps a secret” Proverbs 11:13
“For I am afraid that when I come
I may not find you as I want you
And you may not find me as you
Want me to be
I fear that there may be quarreling,
Jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions,
Slander, GOSSIP, arrogance, and disorder” 2 Corinthians 12:20
“A perverse man stirs up dissension
And a GOSSIP separates close friends” Proverbs 16:28
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