After a large dinner at one of Hollywood's stately mansions, a famous actor entertained the guests with stunning readings of Shakespeare. Then, as an encore, he offered to accept a request. A shy, older priest asked if he knew Psalm 23. The actor said, "Yes, I do and I will give it on one condition: that when I am finished you recite the very same psalm."
The priest was a little bit embarrassed but consented. The actor did a beautiful rendition ... "My shepherd is the Lord ... " The guests applauded loudly when the actor finished, and then it was the priest's turn. He got up and said the same words, but this time there was no applause, just a hushed silence and the beginning of a tear n several eyes.
The actor savored the silence for a few moments and then stood up. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said, " I hope you realized what happened tonight. I knew the words to the psalm, but this priest knows the Shepherd."
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