Unnecessary Confessions

[Guest john]

Jim had a matter on his conscience which prompted him to go to the Priest for confessional forgiveness .

 

When he got in the box, the Priest asked him what was it he wanted to confess?.

 

Jim was silent for a moment , then he told the Priest how he met a new ladyfriend at the hotel a few days ago & after a few drinks the ladyfriend asked me to come back to her flat for coffee.

 

Jim went onto tell the Priest that one thing led to another, & after a steamy evening of kissing & canoodling they danced around the loungeroom floor to soft music during which they had a naval engagement but refrained from having sexual intercourse.

 

The Priest responded by telling Jim that in Gods sight, that dancing, kissing & having carnal thoughts about each other is the same sin as having sexual intercourse outside of marriage, so he told Jim to say 25 Hail Marys & insert $50.00 in the collection box for the poor .

 

So on the way out from the Church, Jim put a $50.00 note into the collection box, & immediately took the $50.00 note out again of the collection box & put it back into his pocket.

 

The Priest had witnessed what Jim had done, & called out to Jim why he had taken the $50.00 note back out of the collection box, & in reply Jim told the Priest that after putting the $50.oo note in the collection box & taking it out again this was in his opinion the same in Gods sight as having had sexual intercourse.