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[cire2]

A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by
St. Peter. The saint toured the soul around Heaven.

Both of them walked side by side inside a large workroom
filled with angels. St. Peter stopped in front of the first
section and said, "This is the Receiving Section.
Here, all the petitions to God said in prayer are received.
The soul looked at the section, and it was terribly busy
with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous
paper sheets from all over the world.

They walked again until they reached the 2nd section.
"This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the
graces and blessings asked for are packed and delivered
to those who asked for them down on earth." Oh, how busy
it was! There were many angels working in that room, since
so many blessing were being packed and delivered to earth.

Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the soul stopped at the
last section. To the surprise of the soul, only one angel was
there, hardly doing anything. "This is the Acknowledging Section,"
St. Peter told the soul. "How is it that there is no work here?"
St. Peter answered, "That's the sad thing. After people receive the
blessings they asked for, very few send their acknowledgments."

"How does one acknowledge God's blessing?"
"Simple," St. Peter answered.
"Just say, 'Thank you, Lord'."