Catholic Gasoline

Sister Mary Ann, who worked for a home health agency, was out making her rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of gas. As luck would have it, an Exxon Gasoline station was just a block away. She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas.

The attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned.

Since Sister Mary Ann was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car. She looked for something in her car that she could fill with gas and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient.

Always resourceful, Sister Mary Ann carried the bedpan to the station, filled it with gasoline, and carried the full bedpan back to her car.

As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two men watched from across the street. One of them turned to the other and said, "If it starts, I'm turning Catholic."

Irish Priest in Texas

Good old Irish humour to brighten the day.

Seems that the good Father O'Malley rose from his bed on a beautiful spring day
in his new Texas mission parish.

He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a breath of fresh air of the new day.

But alas, Father O'Malley noticed that there was a dead jackass lying in the middle of the front lawn.

He promptly called the police station and the conversation went like this:

"Good morning, this is Sgt. Jones. How may I help you?"

"The best of the day to you my son. This is Father O'Malley at St. Brigid's.
There is a dead jackass in me front lawn. Would ye be so kind as to send a couple o' yer lads to take care of the matter?"

Sgt. Jones considered himself to be a comedian. He replied with a smirk,
"Well now Father, it was always my impression that you people took care of last rites."

There was a dead silence for a few moments, then Father O'Malley replied: " Aye, tis certainly true, but we are also obligated to notify the next of kin."

Gotta love those Irish priests!

Why I Don't Forward Religious Stories

Why I Don't Forward Religious Stories by Darrell Hamilton
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The problem with this story is that while it conveys a principle that seems true enough, it is actually a fictional story. It is very easy for a crafty person to hide untruths (lies) in the midst of truths when the overall medium is fiction. That is how most mythology was started - someone came up with a "plausible" explanation with a story that could not be verified.
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Satan is never described in the Scriptures as an "villainous-looking gent". He and his servants are described as looking like angels of light (II Corinthains 11:14) and as wolves in sheep's clothing (Matthew 7:15).
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In general, there is no need to pass along make believe stories about Jesus. It dishonors the Bible to think that you have to get people to see their condition by spreading false tales. The Bible is sufficient to convict men of their ways. Cute stories only encourage people to make up their own story and believe that.

So here is the ultimate test. If you send this story to someone who has never read the Bible, would this story make them curious enough to read the Bible? If they read the Bible because of this story, would they be upset when they discovered that this story is not in the Bible? Too often, stories of this nature are designed to give people comfort that they can be acceptable to God just as they are, without any change on their part.

Jean

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