Irish Clergy

"Name Tag"

A pastor was assigned to a new church.
He was worried how he would be received.

At a reception for the pastor, he was given a name tag.
Under his name was written, "Hog caller."

The pastor responded by saying, "I'm usually called
'shepherd of the sheep', but you know your congregation
better than I do!"

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"Irish Clergy"

An English Clergyman turned to a Scotchman and
asked: "What would you be if you were not Scot?"

The Scotchman said: "Why, an Englishman, of course!"

Then the clergyman turned to a gentleman from Ireland
and asked him: "And what would you be were you not
an Irishman?"

The man thought a moment and said: "I'd be ashamed
of myself!"

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"Conversion"

An elderly man by the name of Mr. MacIntosh was
laying on his deathbed, with his son at his bedside.

The old man said suddenly, "It's time! Send for the
Minister."

The son said, "The Minister! Dad, I think you
mean the priest. We are devout Catholics."

"Get the Minister! Get the Minister!" the dying man
repeated agitatedly.

"Dad, your illness must be affecting your mind," the
son replied, patting his father on the shoulder. "I
will call the priest."

The old man insisted, "If you have ANY love for your
father, you will do as I have asked."

So, reluctantly, the son did his father's bidding, and
soon thereafter, the Minister arrived and converted the
old man to the Protestant faith. Moments later, the
parish priest knocked on the door.

The son said, "Father, I am afraid you are too late.
The Minister has already been here."

The priest rushed over to the old man's beside and he
asked in dismay, "HOW could you do it? WHY did you
do it?"

The old man looked up and replied, "Well, Father, I
figured that if someone had to die, better one of them
than one of us."
Received on Fri Sep 9 19:24:36 2005