Readers Digest (or perhaps Catholic Digest) told about a Christmas pageant where one little boy wanted real bad to be Joseph; but the part went to another boy and as a consolation our subject got to be the innkeeper. Come the big day and here come Mary and Joseph looking for a place to stay. Our aggrieved innkeeper made a big show of welcoming the Holy Family and offering the best room in the place. “Wait here,” Joseph told Mary, “I don’t like the sound of this.” Joseph made a brief show of looking around; then said to Mary, “Nothing to see here; we’ll keep moving.” Show’s back on the rails.
Readers Digest (or perhaps Catholic Digest) told about a Christmas pageant where one little boy wanted real bad to be Joseph; but the part went to another boy and as a consolation our subject got to be the innkeeper. Come the big day and here come Mary and Joseph looking for a place to stay. Our aggrieved innkeeper made a big show of welcoming the Holy Family and offering the best room in the place. “Wait here,” Joseph told Mary, “I don’t like the sound of this.” Joseph made a brief show of looking around; then said to Mary, “Nothing to see here; we’ll keep moving.” Show’s back on the rails.