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(Date Posted:01/02/2009 00:46:56)
Retirement Dinner
A Priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in
the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation
was chosen to make the presentation and to give a little speech at the
dinner.
However, he was delayed, so the Priest decided to say his own few words while they waited:
'I got my first impression of the parish from the first confession
I heard here. I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. The
very first person who entered my confessional told me he had stolen a
television set and, when questioned by the police, was able to lie his
way out of it. He had stolen money from his parents, embezzled from his
employer, had an affair with his boss's wife, taken illegal drugs, and
gave VD to his sister. I was appalled. But as the days went on I
learned that my people were not all like that and I had, indeed, come
to a fine parish full of good and loving people.'...
Just as the Priest finished his talk, the politician arrived full
of apologies at being late. He immediately began to make the
presentation and gave his talk:
'I'll never forget the first day our parish Priest arrived,' said
the politician. 'In fact, I had the honour of being the first person to
go to him for confession.'
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"for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2) | 
