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To: bob who wrote (5193)	4/3/1998 11:54:00 AM
From: DScottD	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 62562

This one's in the same vein. A priest and a rabbi had a standing Saturday morning golf game that neither had missed for years. However, one Saturday morning the priest called the rabbi and told him that he couldn't make golf because it was Holy Saturday and unbeknownst to him the parish secretary had scheduled an extra hour of confessions to accommodate the anticipated crowd who needed to confess in order to take Communion on Easter Sunday. The rabbi was distraught, then came up with a brilliant plan. He told the priest that he could hear half the confessions and they would finish in time to make their tee time. The priest objected but the rabbi convinced him that all he had to do was listen to the priest hear a couple of confessions and he would know what to do. "Anyway," the rabbi said, "the penitents won't know the difference and if they are truly sorry for their sins our God will forgive." So the rabbi came to the church and sat in on a couple of confessions. The first penitent was a man who went through the drill. "Bless me Father for I have sinned. I have committed adultery once since my last confession." The priest absolved the man and told him his penance: "Say 10 Hail Mary's and put $10 in the poor box." The second penitent was also a man who confessed to committing adultery once since his last confession. The priest handed down the same penance: 10 Hail Mary's and $10 in the poor box. The rabbi then told the priest, "I've got it," and proceeded to the next confessional to hear confessions. The first penitent was another man who confessed to committing adultery once since his last confession. The rabbi thoughtfully absolved the man and handed down his penance: "Say 10 Hail Mary's and put $100 in the poor box." The penitent objected, saying "But Father. Father O'Malley only asks us to put $10 in for adultery." The rabbi responded, "Father O'Malley doesn't know what he's missing."