- Selfishness - Monday, April 25, 2005 From Mass on Sunday: A holy man goes up to God and asks him, show me the difference between Heaven and Hell. God says, ok. He opens a door where you see a big oval table with a large pot of stew in the middle. The holy man's mouth starts watering from the smell of the stew and he begins to get hungry. He notices something odd, each person sitting around the table was extremely frail and skinny, like they haven't eaten in days or months. Each person had a spoon, but the handle of the spoon was so long that all they could do was scoop up a spoonful of stew, but they couldn't reach their mouth with the spoon. God explained to him that that is Hell. He then opens the door to the next room, where the holy man sees the same thing. That big pot of stew that again made his mouth water and stomach rumble. The people all looked well fed and satisfied this time. The holy man couldn't figure it out, they all had the same spoons, with the long handles that couldn't reach their mouths. God then explained to the holy man that in Heaven, they don't look out for themselves, instead they look out for each other. They use those long spoons to feed each other.

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