The Sermon Helped Him Keep in mind All the pieces
James confirmed up at Mass one Sunday, and the priest practically fell down when he noticed him. He’d by no means been to church in his life apart from funerals and weddings.
After Mass, the priest caught up with him and mentioned, “James, I’m so glad ya determined to come back to Mass. What made ya come?”
James mentioned, “I received to be trustworthy with ya Father. Some time again, I carried out misplaced my hat, me . . . and I actually, actually love dat hat. I knowed dat Wille had a hat identical to mine, and I knew he got here to church each Sunday.”
“I additionally knowed that he needed to take off his hat throughout Mass and figured he would depart it at the back of church. So, I used to be going to depart after Communion and steal Willie’s hat.”
The priest mentioned considerably angrily, “WELL, James, I NOTICE THAT YA DIDN’T STEAL WILLIE’S HAT. WHAT CHANGED YOUR MIND?”
James replied, “Nicely, after I heard your sermon on the Ten Commandments, I made a decision that I didn’t must steal Willie’s hat in any case.”
With a tear in his eye, the priest gave James a giant smile and mentioned, “After I talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal’ ya determined you’d relatively do with out your hat than burn in hell, eh?”
James slowly shook his head.
“No Father, after ya talked about ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adültêry’, I remembered the place I left my hat.”
