One of the greatest Jesus stories I have ever heard
I just got Rob Bell’s video, The Gods Aren’t Angry [Amazon.com link] the other day, and finally had a chance to watch it last night. Heartily recommended!!!
Near the very end of the video, Rob Bell said this:
The writer Brennan Manning tells the story about a woman, who had been having visions of Jesus. And the local archbishop comes to find out more about this woman, who had been having these visions about Jesus – because we can’t have that.
The archbishop says, “Have you been having visions about Jesus?”
The woman says, “Yes.”
She does not back down, so the archbishop said, “Okay, here’s what I want you to do. Next time you have one of your visions of Jesus, I want you to ask Jesus a question.”
“Okay,” the woman said.
“I want you to ask Jesus what sins I confessed the last time I went to confession.”
The woman said “Fair enough.” And the archbishop leaves.
A little while later, he hears rumors that she’s been having visions again about Jesus. So he returns to the woman and says, “Have you been having visions of Jesus again?”
And the woman says, “Yes. I’ve been having a vision about Jesus.”
And he says, “Well, did you remember?”
And the woman says to the archbishop, “Yes. I did remember.”
And then she took the archbishop’s hand in hers. And she said, “I asked Jesus what sins you confessed the last time you went to confession. And Jesus’s exact words were: I don’t remember.“
