Gabriel's Horn

It was time for Father John's Saturday night bath
and young Sister Madalene Edwards had prepared
the bath water and towels just the way the old
nun had instructed.

Sister Magdalene Edwards was also instructed not
to look at Father John's nakedness if she could
help it, do whatever he told her to do, and pray.

The next morning the old nun asked Sister Edwards
how the Saturday night bath had gone.

"Oh, sister," said the young nun dreamily. "I've
been saved."

"Saved? And how did this fine thing come about?"
asked the old nun.

"Well, when Father John was soaking in the tub,
he asked me to wash him, and while I was washing
him he guided my hand down between his legs
where he said the Lord keeps the Key to Heaven."

"Did he now," said the old nun evenly.

Sister Edwards continued, "And Father John said
that if the Key to Heaven fit my lock, the
portals of Heaven would be opened to me and I
would be assured of salvation and eternal peace.
And then Father John guided his Key to Heaven
into my lock."

"Is that a fact," said the old nun even more
evenly.

"At first it hurt terribly, but Father John said
the pathway to salvation was often painful and
that the glory of God would soon swell my heart
with ecstasy. And it did, it felt so good being
saved."

"That wicked old Devil," said the old nun. "he
told me it was Gabriel's Horn, and I have been
blowing it for 40 years!!"