I was testing children in me Dublin Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting into heaven.
I asked them, “If I sold me house and me car, had a big jumble sale and gave all me money to the church, would that get me into heaven?”
“NO!” the children answered.
“If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the lawn and cleaned the garden and kept everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?”
Again, the answer was ‘No!’
By now I was starting to smile. “Well, then, if I was kind to the animals, and gave sweets to all the children and loved my husband, would that get me into heaven?”
Again, they all answered ‘No!’
I was just bursting with pride for them. I continued, “Well then; how can I get into heaven?”
A six year old lad shouted, “Yuv got tae be fukin’ dead”!!! Kinda brings a wee tear tae yir eye!
— Sinead O’Connor
