Waiting At The Heavenly Gate Story

Story title: Waiting At The Heavenly Gate Story
By: Bert Balling

    The thirty three day Pope, John Paul the First, used to tell this story about three famous cardinals. They all died and appeared together at the heavenly gate. Peter met them, apologized for being very busy, and asked them to take a seat in the cushiony chairs. They waited and waited and nothing much happened. Then a beautiful elegantly dressed young lady arrived and Peter let her right in. The cardinals turned up their noses and one complained, "It looks like purple does not open doors around here."

    After a good long wait, Peter does not open doors around here." to the cardinals, "If your eminences will give me leave, I'll explain the case of the young lady. Well, she's the daughter of a prominent millionaire. She a tragic accident, and died on the spot. Millions of people heard the story on radio, read it in the newspapers and saw it on television. They were never the same again: it had made them think of their own death. As a result, more of them turned to God than all of your books and sermons have ever converted.
    "So now you see that that young lady did more for souls that all three of you put together."