Justice, Peace, Integrity<br /> of Creation
Justice, Peace, Integrity<br /> of Creation
Justice, Peace, Integrity<br /> of Creation
Justice, Peace, Integrity<br /> of Creation
Justice, Peace, Integrity<br /> of Creation

The 3 old men

Butembo 20.12.2024 Sconosciuto Translated by: Jpic-jp.org

One day, a woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting outside. The woman did not recognise them.

She, ‘I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry, please come in and I'll give you something to eat’.

Them (the old men), ‘Are the children from home here?

She replied, ‘No, they've gone out.

They said, ‘Then we can't come in’.

At the end of the afternoon, when the children return from school, the woman tells them about her adventure with the three men.

The children, ‘Go out, Mother, and tell them that we're at the house and invite them in!

The woman goes out and invites the men into the house.

They said, ‘We never enter a house together’.

One of the old men explained: ‘His name is Wealth’, he said, pointing to one of his friends and then to the other, ‘He is Success and I am Love’.

He then added, ‘Go back in and talk to your children to find out which one of us you all want in your house’.

The woman returned home and told her family what had been said.

The children, ‘How strange! Since that's the case, we're going to invite Richness!

The mother disagrees, ‘Why don't we invite Success? Your father could do with some in his business...’.

The youngest, Rafi, who was still sucking her thumb, spoke up too, ‘Want mamours, want mamours...’.

Mother and children melted at the sight of so much cuddling and mother went out to invite Amour to come in. Amour gets up and starts walking towards the house. The other two also got up and followed him.

Amazed, the woman asked Richness and Success:

‘I only invited Love. Why are you coming too?

The old men replied together, ‘If you had invited Richness or Success, the other two of us would have stayed outside, but you invited Love and wherever he goes, we go with him, because wherever you find Love, you will also find Richness and Success’.

 

 

 

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