Paying Attention In Church

On their way to Sunday mass A homeless man they walked right past Not a single coin put on his plate They rushed right by to not be late They listened to the preacher preach Compassion to each other he tried to teach When the collection basket was passed around Plenty of loose dollars the congregation found But one little boy took ten dollars out And the lady beside him started to shout “That is a sin boy; you’re going to hell – Why did you do that? I want you to tell.” He looked up at her with bright blue eyes And said, “Why, ma’am I am surprised; Weren’t you listening to what the minister said? Some of this money should go to the poor man instead.” As people watched him walk towards the door The preacher stopped him and gave twenty dollars more He said to the homeless man, “This is for you” With a sparkle in his smile and his bright eyes of blue The homeless man said, “Why thank you son, This is a very kind thing that you have done. I told my father who lives up above That in this world there still is love.” That homeless man got up to his feet And slowly started walking on down the street The whole congregation looked on with surprise As he disappeared before their very eyes