Rain Or Shine

There is a story about a wise old woman who had listened carefully to a group of malcontents tell her their problems. “I have some advice for you,” the woman said to them. “Write down the trouble that worries you most.” When they had done this, the woman placed all of the papers in a large jar. Then she said, “Now I want each of you to draw out one of the papers and by all the laws of probability, each will have a brand new trouble to worry about.” The malcontents proceeded to do as the wise old woman directed. The result: All of them, without exception, demanded to have their own trouble back!

In today’s Gospel Lesson,…