The priest has died and was in the queue in front of the gates of heaven. In front of him in the queue stands a man in sunglasses, a bright shirt, leather jacket and jeans.
St. Peter asks the man: "Tell me who you were in life, so I can decide whether to let you into the kingdom of God?".
The man replies, "I'm Joe Cohen, a broker on the stock exchange in New York."
Saint Peter consults with his list. Then he smiles and says to the broker, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and come in the Gates of Paradise.
Broker goes and is the turn the priest. He stands up to his full height and blurts out: "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of the Church of St. Mary for the past 43 years."
Saint Peter consults with his list and says to the priest, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the portals of Paradise."
"Wait a minute! - Says the priest - the man in front of me, was a broker, and he got a silk robe and golden staff and I, a priest, received only cotton clothes and wooden staff? How is that possible? ".
"Here we reward depending on the outcome - meets St. Peter. - When you read the sermons, people fall asleep; but as soon as people became his clients, they began to pray unceasingly to God! "