There is a story about a priest and a soap maker who were friends. One day while taking a walk in the city, the soap maker asked his friend, “what possible good can religion be? After thousands of years of preaching goodness, truth, and peace, look at all the misery and sin in the world. If religion is supposes to be so beneficial for people, who should this be?”
For awhile, the priest said nothing in reply. Shortly, they came to a school yard where some children were playing in the dirt. They were covered with dust. The priest then spoke up, “See those kids. You say that soap makes people clean, but still those children are dirty. I wonder how effective soap is after all.”
The soap maker protested, “But, Father, soap is of no value unless people use it”. Precisely, replied the priest. “And so it is with religion”. Faith and religion are empty unless we put them into practice.
May God Bless
Fr. Guency Isaac