elk32170
August 14th, 2002, 11:43 AM
There was once a priest in Ireland, who kept running down the English in his sermons every chance he got. He would end each fire-and-brimstone service by yelling, "If you don't act better, you're all going to hell with the ENGLISHMEN!"
One day the bishop called him in, and told the priest that if he didn't quit denouncing the English, he would be demoted and transffered.
The priest agreed to not be quite so blatant in his disregard for the English in the future. The following Sunday, in his next sermon, he told the story of the betrayal of Jesus.
"Jesus looked at all of the apostles one at a time and said 'Tonight, one of you will BETRAY ME!'
"Peter said, 'It's not I, is it Lord?'
"Jesus just looked at Judas.
"Judas, realizing the steady gaze of THE LORD upon him said, 'Blimy, guv'nor, you wouldn't think it was ME, would you?'"
One day the bishop called him in, and told the priest that if he didn't quit denouncing the English, he would be demoted and transffered.
The priest agreed to not be quite so blatant in his disregard for the English in the future. The following Sunday, in his next sermon, he told the story of the betrayal of Jesus.
"Jesus looked at all of the apostles one at a time and said 'Tonight, one of you will BETRAY ME!'
"Peter said, 'It's not I, is it Lord?'
"Jesus just looked at Judas.
"Judas, realizing the steady gaze of THE LORD upon him said, 'Blimy, guv'nor, you wouldn't think it was ME, would you?'"