We present this work in honor of Coptic Christmas Day.

 

A ruler once said that he saw God.
His rival retorted saying,
‘I saw God before you did.’
Another rival over power said,
‘But I saw Him before either of you.’
So they all fought together,
Each saying that he had seen God before the other impostor.
I said they were all impostors who have not seen God any of them.
They asked, ‘Hasn’t anybody really seen God?’
I said, ‘I saw God in my childhood, my mother saw Him in her youth and my grandmother saw Him in her advanced years.’
They said, ‘Your words are heresy. God does not appear to women.’