Somebody told
me this story about the three people we all know. Jesus the son of
God and founder of Christianity, Teresa a well known nun who worked
in India and later on spread her activities to other places popularly known as Mother Teresa and finally of course, the head of
Vatican the town nation from where catholic church gives orders to
its vast empire.
It
was a time when Teresa was invited by the Pope for a private tea at
the palace of the Pope in the Vatican. Teresa had accepted the
invitation and only they were attending it in one of the beautiful
rooms in the palace. While they were enjoying each other’s company
and discussing matters of concern; Teresa was narrating to Pope
various episodes of poverty, diseases and ignorance those she
experienced while doing her work. Pope was enjoying her benevolent
company and also was adding his expert comments in between to
encourage her in her mission. The talk was going on quite pleasantly
and there on the wall the Cross, with sculpture of Jesus nailed down
to it firmly, a very frail corpse of Lord Jesus as it were, was
placed firmly fixed on it at some height. Occasionally Teresa would
look to it with utmost respect while she continued her narration. The
party was going on and it happened! Lord Jesus might be listening to
the talk of these two very distinguished personalities from that
Christian world. The statue began to stir and it so appeared that the
Lord Jesus was becoming alive in that statue. The body however frail
had some strength and the nails on the palms and legs became loose
and finally fell down making some grisly sound. At first, neither of
the eminent persons noticed it but when Lord Jesus finally came in
itself and moved his head, which was actually fixed by some nail
which had eventually fallen down along with other nails, turned his
eyes round and round and then fixed them on the couple. Now the Lord
was standing on a small platform as it is always shown in such
sculpture. He looked down and realized that the Cross was comfortably
high up above the ground level but that was no problem for the Son of
God. He magnificently took to air and flew down like a fairy; waving
his both hands as if they were wings. The Cross was some distance
away from the table where the couple was enjoying the tea and also
the talk of poverty, misery and diseases in the world. The Lord Jesus
with the gracious smile of compassion and love was now standing
exactly behind Pope looking straight to Teresa. Teresa could not see
him as he was accurately behind the big figure of Pope. Lord waited
for some moments and kept listening to the complains, Teresa was
making about the countries where she was working. Finally with the
grace of God Jesus moved and came close to them, actually stood near
the big table so that Pope and Teresa would see him.
On
seeing him standing there right next to them, at the outset, both
were perplexed as to how somebody could come in like that in this
very, very private quarter. Soon they realize that it is Lord Jesus
in person and they were shocked to get that apprehension.
Nevertheless, soon both recovered. Pope looked back and came to know
that the sculpture of the Lord has become alive. They bowed
respectfully and stood speechless as one can understand what must
have been the mental situation at such an experience.
Lord
struggled to speak out some thing but excepting some hoarse sound
nothing was audible but that was quite expected since it was a statue
turned into the live person, the vocal code was not yet ready but
after all it was God ordained and so soon the Son of God could speak
some Hebrew. Pope being proficient in Hebrew could understand him and
he told Teresa that the Lord wants to help them in their task in
person.
Pretty
surprising the Lord realized that the lingo he adopted was fairly
outdated and before long he expressed himself in English. Now both
could understand him and they offered him a chair, for that, Pope
clapped his palms, and called his assistants who were standing out
side that room and called for one more chair. Mother offered her
chair to the lord and preferred to stand instead. They were now
talking in English.
Lord
Jesus explained to them that he was listening to their conversation
and has understood how difficult it is to mend the human society in
the world, every thing has gone wrong, gamblers have replaced true
businessmen, thieves have replaced true rulers, goons have replaced
true soldiers, saints are replaced by hypocrites and so working by
true people has really become difficult and so he wants to do the
work henceforth.
For a while
both the eminent persons, The Pope and Teresa were listening to him,
they were silent; after some shrewd thinking Pope, and Teresa jerked
their shoulders in disapproval of Lord’s suggestion that he should
take over the work. They looked to each other subtly and now Pope
openly told the Lord that, “Sire,
you are very benevolent and kind in offering to help us but the
circumstance suggests that it is not necessary. We can manage well
without your help”.
To
that, Teresa added, “We have been telling the faithful, that you
are on the cross for the benefit of the down trodden and the
unfortunate and now if you come out and move amongst people we will
be proved wrong, I feel you are good on the cross, that is better”!
She exclaimed.
Pope
solemnly and immediately joined the tone of Teresa and told the Lord
that Vaticonians are quite able to manage the show, since; most of
the problems of this world are actually created only by us the
priests of religion. All the gamblers who manage business, all the
thieves who replaced rulers are our friends, all the goons are of our
creation and as for saints well that is our own party. If you come
all the game will be over and that is not proper. Remember my Sire,
we priests forgive them on your behalf for all the sins they commit.
Pope further added that we can work because there is misery if you
come and remove all misery what work we shall have left to do?
Teresa looked
around and as if she was witnessing something, moving her both hands
around, told the Lord that the misery, poverty and the diseases are
actually required to preach your message, if there is no poverty, no
misery and no diseases we the Vaticonians will have no work to do.
Look for Europe and the United States, there is no poverty, no
misery, no disease, every body is happy and flush with money; see the
Lord for yourself, there the church is empty. Nobody wants to go to
the church, no services, no proper attendance and above all the worst
part is that the faithful want to know about that dirty Hinduism
loaded with those pagan gods, and we have to arrange for that! What a
mess! Many clergy are already learning Yoga and Hindu penance, how
horrible! All this is because we are not having enough of poverty,
misery and diseases in those places. So my Lord, do not bother for
that, we can manage the show well and keep just enough of poverty,
misery and the diseases so that people will come to church and we
preach your message. For example, see my lord the gamblers have
ruined economy of America and people are in trouble so the attendance
in the church has improved, that is how it works. These gamblers are
actually helping the cause of our religion. So why complain against
them, same with the thieves and the goons, they are a great help for
the cause of the Vaticonia. She completed. Sire we should allow them
what they do so that more people will attend church! Teresa was very
vehement in her argument.
On
hearing that Jesus showing dissatisfaction about the suggestion,
exclaimed a little aloud, “It is not the Vaticonia I am talking
about, it is the well being of the people at large”!
Pope
added by interrupting, “It is not the God and his message we are
now worried about, we are worried about the very existence of the
great Vaticonia! For which we live and our business is to keep
Vaticonia vibrant and very much alive whether by introducing
surreptitiously Hinduism or else. All these things my Lord you shall
not understand, so please forget about coming down and trying to
alleviate the problems of this world. We are quite capable of that.
After that
voice of Pope became somewhat hoarse there clearly appeared air of
arrogance he added. "And now, you my Lord, know for sure you
and your mother Mary, are our tools and nothing more than that, we
the Vaticonians need you two only to garner the faithful since we
cannot do it by ourselves”.
On
that Teresa smirked. Grimaced at Jesus showing utter disgust. And
then, Teresa groaned, “Please my lord be on the Cross and that is
all you should do for us the Vaticonians”.
After
listening to the complaining tone of the two veterans; Jesus asked,
“Hinduism is also my creation and there is nothing wrong in taking
to it when it helps my faithful, why you ,Teresa, complain about it.
Actually, it is a good thing that what I forgot to tell, they are
getting from the Hinduism. Why you make difference between my both
gospels? My child, you have every right to benefit from my Hindu
gospel and do not feel embarrassed about it. That should not be an
issue! I do not understand you both. However, I am decided that I
should move at once, again among the people whether poor, miserable or
rich, they the rich also need my renewed guidance, in context of new
scientific situation my faithful should know where exactly I fit in
this modern scientific world. And I shall deliver using Hinduism as
my new tool. So come on my trusted people, let us move out and
commence the task”. Lord was almost about to move towards the
door...
Seeing the
doggedness of the Lord, Pope, shrewd as the Vaticonians always are,
takes a quick decision, he clapped repeatedly and called his most
trusted assistants. They come in and seeing the Lord Jesus in body
and flesh, surprised, bow down but there the Pope in stern voice
orders them to hold the Lord and commands them that they put him back
on the Cross as he was before and put the nails as they were before
and fix him as before. The assistants were initially reluctant to
obey but they were servants of the Vaticonia first and faithful
afterwards; one of them advanced and holding the Lord by one hand
firmly dragged him to the Cross. The Lord remembered those
heartrending moments when he was dragged by the roman soldiers almost
two thousand years ago. The history was repeating but here it was his
own Vaticonia putting him back on the Cross and not the Romans.
The Lord, Son
of God was once again on the cross. The Pope and Teresa both looked
quite relieved of the ordeal, Pope while cleaning his sweat said to
Teresa, “It was close! We the Vaticonians must be very careful of
this Jesus, if he tries to resurrect again we will be nowhere. We
should call Satan to help in that case, Teresa blurts out
exasperatedly.
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