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Good St. Dominic's Cat Chapter
Nine Joseph’s
Busy Workshop “It’s
Dominic and Francis,” said the door of Dominic stood up and brushed off his
habit. Francis sat on the ground and responded, “We’d like to talk with
Joseph. Is he busy?” The door laughed. “He is always busy
but never too busy to talk with friends. I’m not sure where he is.” Dominic opened the door revealing a
massive workroom. Tools of every description were on the walls and endless
rows of work benches. Many people were working. Some were making small
beautiful objects. Others were working as teams constructing giant forms. Dominic and Francis stepped inside
and looked for a familiar friend that they could ask about Joseph’s
whereabouts. They spied King Solomon getting up from a table at the same
moment the king saw the two saints. “Francis, Dominic, come look at
these plans I have. You’ll be excited to hear what Joseph and I are planning.
For centuries we’ve been wondering what to do with the back slop of Heaven. God
the Father gave us permission long ago to make it part of the garden but
until now we didn’t know what to do with it.” Francis eagerly strode to the table.
He was always happy to see new plans for the shaping of Heaven. “But isn’t
the back slope already a garden?’ he asked. “Of course,” said Solomon, “but it
has been a wild garden for years. The territory has largely been uncultivated
and God the Father thinks some better use can be made of it. Here’s a model
of it now.” He touched one of the blueprints and suddenly a three-dimensional
model appeared on the table. From the top it looked like a long staircase
winding down to a small dot. Each of the steps was overgrown with heavenly
plants and contained heavenly wildlife and beautiful sights like lakes and
waterfalls and streams. Dominic was amazed at the beautiful
model. His house in the apple orchard was near the back slop and he often
walked there. “What is it to become?” he asked. Solomon touched another blueprint
and the model was changed step by step into a variety of beautiful gardens.
Each step was cultivated with different forms of plants and each step had a
different purpose. One step was a garden for hikers. Another was a botanical
playground filled with rides. The next was a theatre, followed by an
amphitheater for music, and then another had an arena for sporting events. Solomon was excited about the plan.
“Such a big task has never been undertaken by Joseph before, but I and many
other experienced builders have agreed to help and...” “Wait,” interrupted Francis. He and Dominic looked around the
workshop and something was missing. Francis said, “Dominic, I can’t find
the...” Dominic quickly nudged him and said,
“You can’t find….St. Joseph. Solomon, have you seen him?” Solomon wasn’t sure where Joseph had
gone. He went to check with the others and walked over to a table where three
little angels were building a snow balloon. Francis said, “Dominic, we’ve lost
the cat. He is nowhere around here. I haven’t seen him since we came inside.” Solomon returned and told them
Joseph was outside in the garden planting color trees. Dominic thanked him for showing them
the model and then almost pushed Francis toward the door. Once outside he
exclaimed, “What are we going to do? The cat came to me and now I’ve lost
it.” “No you haven’t,” said the door
which was closed again. “I believe he wandered off toward the left. You’ll
probably find him among the color trees.” “That is where Joseph is.” said
Francis. “It looks like the cat knew where he
was going,” replied the door. “Why didn’t you say something to us
when you saw the cat wander off?” asked Dominic. “A cat in Heaven is none of my
business, I’m sure,” said the door opening to the let the saints out. The
door only chuckled as the saints ran off to the left. To be continued . . . |
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