Genesis 1:8 || Meditate the Scripture daily verse by verse
Nescafe and the pope
1. The
top
marketing
director
of
Nescafe
manages
to
arrange
a
meeting
with
the
Pope
at
the
Vatican.
After
receiving
the
papal
blessing,
the
Nescafe
official
whispers,
'Your
Eminence,
I
have
some
business
to
discuss.
We
at
Nescafe
have
an
offer
for
you.
Nescafe
is
prepared
to
donate
$100
million
to
the
church
if
you
change
the
Lord's
Prayer
from
'Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread'
to
'Give
us
this
day
our
daily
coffee'."
The
Pope
looks
outraged
and
thunders,
"That
is
impossible.
The
Prayer
is
the
word
of
the
Lord,
It
must
not
be
changed."
Well,"
says
the
Nescafe
man
somewhat
chastened,
"We
anticipated
your
reluctance.
For
this
reason,
and
the
importance
of
the
Lord's
Prayer
to
all
Catholics,
we
will
increase
our
offer
to
$300
million.
All
we
require
is
that
you
change
the
Lord's
Prayer
from
'Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread'
to
'Give
us
this
day
our
daily
coffee'."
Again,
even
more
sternly,
the
Pope
replies,
"That,
my
son
is
impossible.
For
the
prayer
is
the
word
of
the
Lord
and
it
must
not
be
changed."
Finally,
the
Nescafe
director
says,
"Your
Holiness,
we
at
Nescafe
respect
your
adherence
to
your
faith,
we
realize
that
tradition
is
essential
to
your
beliefs,
we
fully
understand
the
importance
of
the
word
of
the
Lord........but
we
do
have
one
final
offer.
Please
discuss
it
with
your
cardinals.
We
will
donate
$500
million
to
the
great
Catholic
church
if
you
would
only
change
the
Lord's
Prayer
from
'Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread'
to
'Give
us
this
day
our
daily
coffee'.
Please,
please
consider
it."
And
he
leaves.
The
next
day
the
Pope
convenes
the
College
of
Cardinals.
"There
is
some
good
news,"
he
announces,
"and
some
bad
news
.......
The
good
news
is,
he
continues
to
a
hushed
assembly,
'
that
the
Church
will
get
$
500
million
to
further
its
good
works."
"And
what
is
the
bad
news,
your
Holiness?"
asks
a
Cardinal.
"Sadly"
says
the
Pope,
"It
looks
like
we
are
going
to
lose
the
Wonder
Bread
account."