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The Blessing of the Crosses  
     A priest giving a homily at a mission finishes his sermon, saying to the congregation, “My dear friends I see that many of you have, rosaries, crosses and other religious articles for me to bless. There are so many, that if I were to bless them one at a time it would take up a great deal of time. So, I think if you will all hold them up at one time, I will bless them.
     Everyone in church is seen holding up their crosses and other religious items for the priest to bless.
 The priest looks around the congregation and sees a man in the back of the church holding up his wife.
      The priest says to the man, “What on earth are you doing?”
      The man answers, “Father, this is the only cross I have.”
                                                                                                        Source: Fr. Peter Quinn, who said it was a true story

 Priestly Foursome
       Four young priests decided to play golf on Saturday, and as was their custom, they took off their collars and put on causal wear for the match.
      When they reached the 10th tee they were approached by one of the green’s keepers. “You guys must be priests!”
      “How did you know that,” said one of the priests.
     “Oh,” said the greens keeper, “guys that play as badly as you do always swear.”
                                                                                                             Source: One of our readers sent me this via e-mail.

Distractions During Prayers
     A monk riding on his donkey along a country road comes upon a farmer fixing a fence. Thinking that he would like to test the farmer’s faith, he says to the farmer, “Dear sir, if you can say the Our Father without distraction I will give you this donkey I am sitting on.”
    The farmer says, with an incredulous look on his face, “Oh, sure I can do that.”
    So the farmer starts his prayer, “Our Father, who art in Heaven, hollowed be thy name, thy … Ahem … do I get the bridle too?”
                                                                                                                Source: Fr. Jennings on our Day of Recollection