Delivery us from Evil

 

In the Church of Our Lady of the Apocalypse...

— Your mouse dropped the chandelier.  Do you not maintain the church?

— The last storm took me halfway through the roof and so far our pix campaign hasn't completed the desired amount.

— Our!  I will leave 100 sentrias in the offertory for the work to be carried out.

— Thank you, my son.  God bless you!

— Amen!  Priest, you distracted me, finish your prayer soon!

— Clear!  Give us today our daily bread.  Just as this brother helped us in our work.  Have mercy on those who are hungry and on sinners who are unaware of their sins...

In the square...

— Good Morning!  Mr. Nestor, I need you to stay with Jessé in the car.  Thomas and I are going in through the back.  Arthur and Gomes keep an eye on the front door.  Rita watches the side door!  The others spread out across the square and see if you have any accomplice.  A man hiding behind the corner tree sneaks out.  The police act according to the instructions of the delegate who sneaks into the Church.

At church...

— Forgive our offenses as we forgive those who have offended us.  Forgive this brother, Lord.  Forgive me for all my mistakes.  And give me due penance.  My fault!

— Priest!

— Yes!

— Can I confess before I kill you?

— Clear!  Let's go to the confessional!  — The two enter the confessional.  And Thomas whispers to the deputy.

— And now?

— Get in position on that column and I'll find the front door key.

— Yes sir.

At Frank's House...

— My son, you wouldn't go to the square to read.

— They broke down the church door.

— I availed myself, my Lady!  I will help.

— Mom!  Mr. Nestor is there and the policeman went to call the chief.

— You're right, son.  Let's have coffee.

— Mr. Nestor hasn't had breakfast today.

In the Sentralian Christian Church...

— Moses, I want a song that tells how merciful God is.  I better want a testimony.

— Our Father

— The prayer?

— Yes

— Truth.  Let's preach about our Father.  Let's reopen the Church with a great theme.  Get to work!

In the Church of Our Lady of the Apocalypse

In the Confessional...

— My son, I can only forgive your crimes when you surrender yourself to justice.

— If I give myself up. Are you going to jail to finish the confession?

— Yes, I will, my son.

— But I have to kill you first.

— Another priest can go.

— Can I kill you in the back of the Church?

— Clear.  — The Chief opens the door. — What was that noise?

— Must be the mouse. — The two leave the confessional.  And they find the police.  The bandit kneels on the ground and drops the weapon.  — I surrender!  I am responsible for my crimes!  — The deputy handcuffs him and takes him to the police station.

— What did you do?

— Thomas, I just repeated the words God taught me.

— I've never seen a bad guy surrender so quickly.

— In fact, he's carried this guilt for many years.

— What did he do?

— Secret of confession.

Moments later

In the square...

— Mr. Nestor, I brought it for you.  — Frank delivers a cup of coffee with milk, a bread and two pieces of cake.

— Thanks.  Thank your mother.

— Mr. Nestor, what is humiliation?

— What did you read?  — Frank takes the Bible from his backpack.  He opens where he had marked and reads:

— "Let the brother of lowly condition boast of his exaltation and the rich of his humiliation, for he shall pass away like the flower of the herb. For the blazing sun rises, the grass dries up, and its flower falls, its fair appearance is gone. the rich will wither away in the midst of their business."  (James 1, 9 - 11)

— When we say that a person is humble, it means that he doesn't have many things.

— How are you?

— Exactly.  Now when we say that a person is humiliated, it means that all his qualities have been taken from him.

— Have they been bullied?

— That.  In this excerpt he speaks of qualities.  Those who have few, but put them in the service of God.  They will be exalted and will be on the Lord's side.

Those who have many qualities and do not put them to service have withered like a flower in the hot sun.

— Like that Daisy?

— Yes. Imagine that each petal of Daisy was a quality.

— She lost them all.

— And the one on the other place?

— She lost a petal, but she's still alive.

— But the withered daisy didn't die. If we take care of her...

— She's going to flower again!"  — Frank waters the daisy.  — You'll be rich again!

— And are you going to be humble or let others humiliate and dry you up?

— I will be humble!  Were you humiliated?

— I was very proud I had everything one dreams of: family, house, job, diploma and car of the year.  I thought I was missing nothing.  But drinking brought me to know inconstancy.

— Approval?

— Herself.  I lost my job, car, family and home.  I was humiliated and now I'm here withered like a daisy.

— May I water you, sir?

— You've already done that. — He shows the cup and napkin where the cake was.  — But man does not live on bread alone...

— "But of all the word."  — Elijah completes.  — I see you are studying James.

— Yes!

— I brought some warm clothes that they donated to the Church.

— Thank you, Pastor. — Elijah leaves his clothes and goes to the town hall.

— Another watering can.

— My problem is drinking.  Every day I pray the Lord's Prayer and I repeat it over and over again.  And deliver us from evil.  Amen.

— You'll do it!

In the Church of Our Lady of the Apocalypse...

— Aaaaaaahhhh!!!!!

— Rosie, is that you?

— Me and the mooouse!

— I'm going.

— Priest, why are you in the confessional? — Rosie on top of the pew shaking all over.

— I'm with the Cat.

— What?!