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< Irish Alzheimers >
Murphy showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down
when he saw him. He'd never been to church in his life. After Mass, the
priest caught up with him and said, "Murphy, I am so glad ya decided to come
to Mass. What made ya come?"
Murphy said, "I got to be honest with you Father, a while back, I
misplaced me hat and I really, really love that hat. I know that McGlynn
had a hat just like mine and I knew he came to church every Sunday. I also
knew that he had to take off his hat during Mass and figured he would
leave it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave after Communion
and steal McGlynn's hat."
The priest said, "Well, Murphy, I notice that ya didn't steal McGlynn's
hat. What changed your mind?"
Murphy replied, "Well, after I heard your sermon on the Ten
Commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal McGlynn's hat after
all."
With a tear in his eye the priest gave Murphy a big smile and said;
"After I talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' ya decided you would rather
do without your hat than burn in Hell?"
Murphy slowly shook his head. "No, Father, after ya talked about 'Thou
Shalt Not Commit Adultery' I remembered where I left me hat."
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