Theme: All too often the evil we see in another is the evil that is within ourselves. The beatitudes are at their core a plea for a pure heart. This cannot be attained by striving but by the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Then we can be trustworthy and forgiving.

Summary: Stan and his wife Chloe are in the midst of a fight that has lasted all week. Stan is accusing Chloe of flirting with a neighbor, but it is Stan who has been having an affair with the neighbor's wife -- right next door.

Playing Time: 3 1/2 minutes

Setting: Modern day -- Stan and Chloe's home

Props: Paper for Stan

Costumes: Modern

Time: The present

Cast:
Stan -- a worldly man
Chloe -- his wife

CHLOE: (ENTERS ALONG WITH STAN. STAN IS READING THE PAPER) How long?

STAN: How long what?

CHLOE: You know what.

STAN: Leav…