The Crooked Road to Heaven by Robert Connolly

Author:Robert Connolly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Death, repentance, afterlife, angels, St Peter, purgatory, Azrael, judgement, humour, philosophy, friendship, faith, belief, journey, Ireland, enlightenment
ISBN: 9780722347652
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2017-08-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

The two spiritual friends walked in contemplative mood over a period of timeless passage memorising their sins during the short lifetime they spent on earth until Nole started a telepathic conversation: “That spiritual joker Brother was a real character, Seán, wasn’t he?”

“Yes, but remember, Nole, he was spiritually real and not physically real just as we now are. Nevertheless, he was - or should I say is? - a character of note.”

“Yeah, I see what you mean - well, I think I do anyway. It’s hard to break old habits, but if we get - when we get into heaven that will give us all the time, forever, to practise the heavenly role we will play, whatever that might be. What might that be, Seán?” Nole asked, working his spiritual self into a state of confusion.

“We might be angelic shepherds guiding sheep around the hills and valleys of the kingdom of heaven,” Seán suggested.

“Yeah, guardian angels of the heavenly sheep - yes, that would be fine. We might even qualify for wings, but that might be biting off more than we can chew, so to speak. I suppose we should concentrate on gettin’ our spiritual selves into heaven first. Do you agree, Seán?”

“Yes, Nole, that must be the priority. We must concentrate on purging our souls of sin in order to gain entry into heaven, and once there I feel we will be taken good care of. What that might mean I have no idea, but I trust the angelic, heavenly existence will be a fabulous place of scientific knowledge for our spiritual eyes and intelligence to feast upon with delight forever.” Seán expressed his heavenly wish.

Nole paused a moment before replying, “Yeah, you’re right, Seán. I was getting carried away there on a flight of fancy. I have to keep reminding myself what I am and what I want to be. Look before you leap, that’ll be my watchword from here on and I hope I don’t forget.” After a brief pause he added, “You’ll remind me if I forget, won’t you, Seán?”

“I’ll try to, Nole, but you can be a bit of a fantasist at times.”

“Yeah, I’ll have to try and tie that habit in a knot too.”

They both lapsed into silence as they paced along the crooked road through the timeless, endless day until Nole restarted the telepathic conversation again.

“I wouldn’t mind havin’ the pleasure of the spiritual joker’s company on the crooked road.”

“Does that mean you’re bored with my company?” Seán questioned, spiritually teasing.

“As God is my judge, not at all! The thought didn’t even knock on the door.” Nole dismissed the remark and continued: “Besides, you enjoyed his company too, didn’t you?”

“Yes, of course I did, but don’t forget, Nole, we are here to cleanse our souls and the appearance of the spiritual joker was a pleasant diversionary break in our quest.”

“Yeah, I see what you mean, Seán, and I can believe that. He was a good laugh. There’s no harm in a good

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