Now as you know, John, I was a very good boy. Ahem. But I still dreaded
those stinky confessionals where the priest would run out of things to give
me as punishment: "10 million Hail Marys, 20 million our fathers, 20,000
rosaries, and if you still don't have a beard when you're done, keep
praying, kid." How rude. Grin.
Have you ever read the books or heard the tapes about former Catholics and
the humorous side of Catholicsim?
Paul the Penitent
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Schwery" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: question about priests
> Paul, I always got in trouble for resting my butt on the pew. My
> punishment for misbehaving in church was to kneel in a corner and pray the
> rosary.
>
> At 02:00 PM 11/19/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >Yes, Matt, there is a lot of kneeling in the Roman Catholic church.
That's
> >why they have those padded boards to kneel on in the pews. I hated them
> >when I was a kid because I wasn't big enough to do what the grownups did
and
> >rest their butts on the pews while kneeling. Smile. And with my bad
back
> >it was a tough time getting through those kneeling times. Also, being a
> >typical boy, I kept playing with the kneelers while I was seated and
getting
> >my feet caught and dropping it down on my own shins or, worse, other
people
> >near me and I'd get yelled at.
> >
> >Paul who knows it's hard to believe such an angelic guy as me did such
> >things
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Matt" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:46 PM
> >Subject: Re: question about priests
> >
> >
> > > Hmmm?
> > > priest up the street?
> > > Pope up the sloap?
> > > My wife will think it strange probably but we may go strike up a
> > > conversation with someone their.
> > > She went to a cousin's wedding and she was marrying a cathlic. She
said
> >she
> > > had never seen so much neiling.
> > > It wore her out just watching the people.
> > >
> > > Matt
> > > A christian book for women "Intimate issues" by Linda Dillow and
friend
>
> John
>
> Acting: You spend all your life trying to do something
> they put people in asylums for. -- Jane Fonda<*>
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