The Perfect Priest.

Saw this and it made me laugh.

The "Perfect" Priest

The results of a computerized survey indicate the perfect priest preaches exactly fifteen minutes. He condemns sins but never upsets anyone. He works from 8:00 AM until midnight and is also a janitor. He makes $50 a week, wears good clothes, buys good books, drives a good car, and gives about $50 weekly to the poor. He is 28 years old and has preached 30 years. He has a burning desire to work with teenagers and spends all of his time with senior citizens.

The perfect priest smiles all the time with a straight face because he has a sense of humor that keeps him seriously dedicated to his work. He makes 15 calls daily on parish families, shut-ins and the hospitalized, and is always in his office when needed.

If your priest does not measure up, simply send this letter to six other churches that are tired of their priest, too. Then bundle up your priest and send him to the church on the top of the list. In one week, you will receive 1,643 priests and one of them will be perfect. Have faith in this procedure.

One parish broke the chain and got its old priest back in less than three weeks.

Still here.

I have just realised that I have been a very neglectful blogger recently. My excuse is ... work. I spent 2 weeks of January having a break, my first real break in almost a year. I spent the time sleeping, reading and catching up with friends. It was a wonderful time and I came home refreshed and then had a bout of tonsilitus. I had forgotten quite how painful that can be. I am pretty much recovered now and I am able to speak without wincing.
A big part of my time and energy has been spent waiting for news of my new appointment. I was told four months ago that I would be moving and the parish had been told who my replacement might be but nothing was confirmed regarding my appointment which is only now beginning to firm up. Please keep me in your prayers in the next few days.