The priest almost fell down when he
saw him. O'Leary had never been
seen in church in his life. After Mass,
the priest caught O'Leary and said
“O'Leary, I am so glad you decided to
come to Mass, what made you come?”
O'Leary said, “I got to be honest with
you Father, a while back, I misplaced
my hat and I really, really love that
hat. I know that Shaunassy had one
just like mine and I knew that
Shaunassy came to church every
Sunday. I also knew that Shaunassy
had to take off his hat during Mass
and I figured he would leave it in the
back of church. So, I was going to
leave after Communion and steal
Shaunassy's hat.
The priest said, “Well, O'Leary, I
notice that you didn't steal
Shaunassy's hat. What changed your
mind?”
Leary said “Well, after I heard your
sermon on the 10 commandments, I
decided that I didn't need to steal
Shaunassy's hat.” The priest gave
O'Leary a big smile and said “After I
talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Steal'
you decided you would rather do
without your hat than burn in Hell,
right?”
O'Leary shook his head and said “No,
Father, after you talked about 'Thou
Shalt Not Commit Adultery' I
remembered where I left my hat. …read more