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Show ntt$($!fiP The Juggler's Christmas Gft There once lived in France a warKfering juggler named Barnaby. When he came to village square where ne wished to perform, he started his act by balancing a tin plate on the tip of his nose. After that trick he stood on his hands, throwing six copper balls i and catching them with his feet. Next, he juggled a dozen knives with his head between his knees. Following eacn trick he came forward and bowed .to the crowd that had gathered. Ihey applauded and DrteTugreat skill as a juggler, Barnaby was very poor. He suffered most in the winter. It was thentto the ground was frozen hard, the weather bad, and the crowd small. Nertheless, Barnaby was a humble man who loved God. . Early one December evening after a heavy snowstorm, the juggler overtook a monk walking along the road between two villages. Although he was quite cold ancfhungry, Barnaby greeted the monk cheerfully. The juggler was dressed in his only dothes--the green tunic and tights in which he performed. The monk asked about the garments. Tarn a juggler," said Barnaby, ' 'and it would be the best Efe in die world, if only it provided enough bread to satisfy my my friend," said the monk, ''there is no better life in all the world than serving our Lord." The juggler and the monk walked in silence for a way before j, BarnaDy replied--"Good father I spoke too quickly. The life I lead cannot in any way be compared to your calling. There may be joy in balancing a penny on a stick on the tip of my nose, but it has none of me glory of serving God. I would gladly give up juggling to serve God as vou go. The monk looked deeply into the juggler's eyes. He said, "Dear j&iend. if you truly believe what you say, come with me and you shall serve God in the monastery where I am the abbot. So Barnaby followed the holy man to his monastery. There, as a monk, he dedicated his life to the service, of God. As Chnstmas approached, the other monks began preparing gifts for the 8essed Virgin Mary. The abbot himself was writing a book dealing with the irtues of the Mother of God. Brother Maurice copied the abbot s writings in beautiful script on sheets of vellum brother Alexander adorned the pages with delicate miniature paintings, brother Mirbode spent all his days carving religious figures in stone, borne of the rmnks were also poets; they oomposed hymns in Latin. . lnere was even a brother who sang in rhymed verse about the miracles attributed to the help of (Xir lady.. r , . . , Barnaby admired the talents of his fellow monks and marveled at their devotion. His own ignorance and sirrpliatysaoenim "Ah me!" he signed. 'T have no gift to offer the H)ly MDther of God. I'm uneducated and unskilled in the fine arts-I cannot write or illustrate books, or sculpture in stone, or compose music, or make rhymes to sing. I am only a miserable fool." . Day by day he was more downcast. Then a wonderrul idea came to lim. Ffc awalined filled with joy on the day i before Qinstmas and lurried to the chapel. He remained there alone for more than, an tout. After the noon meal he went again to the chapel, by this time lis sadness vanished completely. In fact, his change in temperament was so remarkable it aroused .the curiosity of the other mQpks. The abbot decided to investigate. That night--it was Uinstmas Eve-the abbot and two older monks hid in the chapel to see whether ."t&fed, Barnaby walked up the aisle to the altar. Before the statue of Our Lady he carefully laid his juggfer's cloth on the stone floor. Silendy he began to juge-first with copper tells, then with spoons and knives. The old monks were dumbfounded. A sacrilege! The abbot, knowing Barnaby to be a devout man, thought the juggler had gone mad. He and the two older monks started toward the poor fellow to lead him away. Then a strange thing happened. The statue of the Blessed Virgin came to life. 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