NEVER SHOW UP LATE !
A priest was being honored at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the Parish.
- A Senator was chosen to make the presentation & give a little speech at the dinner.
- The Senator 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 ТV 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 and 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 knew 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 Senator arrived full of apologies at being late
- Нe 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 honor of being the first person to go to him for confession."
Moral: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BE LATE!