A modern retelling of the story of St. Yves.
A physician, theologian and lawyer each had become world
renowned for the brilliance and creativity of their thought and
erudition. Each had contributed major treatises advancing the
scholarship in their respective professions. Each had been
called upon by the world's leaders to volunteer their invaluable
time and intellectual talents toward the betterment of human
kind and to help foster peace among the peoples of the world.
As fortune would have it, all three were traveling toward a summit
meeting of the world's scholars to once again contribute
their great talents, when their plane crashed and all three were
instantly killed.
As the first of these great minds, the physician approached
the heavenly gates, St. Peter rushed out to greet him, grasped
his hand and welcomed him warmly as a "good and faithful servant"
to his eternal reward in heaven. Similarly, as the theologian
approached Heaven's portal, St. Peter again rushed out
and embraced the great savant with a warm embrace of welcome
to his eternal reward.
At that moment, the lawyer, still a ways down the road, was
seen approaching the gates of Heaven. Spontaneously the skies
opened up with great songs and joyous hymns, the cherubim
and seraphim were seen overhead singing angelic praises with
Hosannas and Alleluias, and golden trumpets announced the
pending arrival of the famous barrister. A great carpet was
rolled out. From the skies, accompanied by flourishes from
harps, rose petals fluttered down to mark her pathway as she
approached nearer and nearer to the heavenly gate.
From just inside the portal, the physician and theologian
were taken aback and approached St. Peter.
"We don't want to complain," they said. "We are happy to
be here in heaven for all eternity, but we have a question.

"On earth, the two of us, like this attorney, were world
famous for our scholarship and wisdom. Like her, we contributed
our time and talents to the betterment of humankind.
Yet, when we reached the heavenly gates, all we received was a
warm handshake and a quiet welcome to our heavenly reward.
She, on the other hand, is being greeted by all of the heavenly
cherubim and seraphim, a great golden carpet has been rolled
out to mark her way to heaven, the golden trumpets are
announcing her arrival. . . . Why is she entitled to such a glorious
entry?"
"Shhh!" responded St. Peter, "You must remember, this is
the first lawyer to make it to heaven in three hundred years!"