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Sunday, September 10, 2006 * (128) asses, arses & bishops...

Some people (I shan't say who) were such asses (arses?) today that they got me very agitated and worked-up.

Then later, at St Ignatius Church where we attended Jon's Sacrament of Confirmation, Archbishop Nicholas Chia gave a meaningful sermon when he spoke of the 9 Fruits of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)

The Archbishop said with the Holy Spirit in control of our lives, we would be improved in terms of our love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control and we must always remember that these gifts should be used to serve God and other people.

After reflecting on the sermon, I now feel more at peace with myself and with everyone else. However, the runs-in with the asses (arses?) and seeing the Archbishop this afternoon reminded me of something I came across a long time ago. May His Grace forgive my trespass...

A pastor wanted to raise money for his church and on being
told there was a fortune in horse-racing, decided to purchase
one and enter it in the races.

However, at the local auction, the going price for a horse
was so high that he ended up buying a donkey instead. He
figured that since he had it, he might as well go ahead and
enter it in the races.

To his surprise, the donkey came in third. The next day the
local paper carried this headline:
PASTOR'S ASS SHOWS.

The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it
in the race again, and this time it won. The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he
ordered the pastor not to enter the donkey in another race.
The next day, the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES PASTOR'S ASS.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the pastor
to get rid of the donkey. The pastor decided to give it to a
nun in a nearby convent. The local paper, hearing of the news,
posted the following headline the next day:
NUN HAS BEST ASS IN TOWN.

The Bishop fainted. He informed the nun that she would have
to get rid of the donkey, so she sold it to a farmer for ten
dollars. The next day, the paper read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to
buy back the donkey and lead it to the plains where it could
run wild. Headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.
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The Bishop was buried the next day.

the pig oinked at 2:28 PM

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