Somewhere along the Konkan coast on a fine Sunday morning in a local church the congregation was celebrating the Holy Eucharist with great fervor and enthusiasm. The Church was bustling with activity just as in the bar along the road. Three drunkard friends were sitting on the countertop and having their round of breakfast drinks. Corruption in the government was their matter of concern as they criticized the sorry state of affairs. The church bell rang and soon the congregation started to disperse. An old man walked up the church stairs and began asking for alms from the dispersing crowd. The crowd was giving peace offerings to their relatives and friends and had not observed the old man collapsing to the ground. He was a heart patient and had just suffered a heart attack.. The people all around him were busy getting into their big cars and switching on their air conditioners to escape the heat. They had turned a blind eye to the needy. The drunkard friends had reached the church to give their Sunday offerings. They saw the old man lying deserted in the church campus gasping for breath. They ran, picked him up and took him to the local hospital. He survived the heart attack and gave thanks to the Lord.
I wonder who were the true ‘Catholics’ ?
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